The protein boom may be pushing many people to consume far more than their bodies need, and new research suggests that …

Mathematics shows that every electoral system must compromise among proportionality, local representation, and parliame…

Modern humans and Neanderthals may have shared more than land and genes. They may have also shared culture. Modern huma…

Weather extremes may be contributing to an unusually quiet summer for Britain’s ecologically important social wasps. A …

A study suggests that genetic factors may explain why LDL cholesterol rises sharply in some people who follow a low-car…

An oral GLP-1 drug showed promising weight loss results in a phase II trial. A pill-based approach to GLP-1 treatment h…

Neanderthals and Denisovans interbred with the ancestors of modern humans, leaving recognizable traces in our DNA. Evid…