Scientists have reached a new milestone in decoding the human genome, unlocking complex regions once believed to be too difficult to study. Researchers used long-read sequencing to analyze the DNA of ...

Researchers with the global Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium report significant progress in their quest for a better understanding of the cells of the human body in health and disease, with the ...

Nature is astonishingly diverse. Across the planet’s oceans, forests, grasslands, and cities, living beings interact in ways that defy rigid expectations. Yet when it comes to discussing queer ...

One of the prickliest issues in business over the past decade is encapsulated in a single word: diversity. Starting in the 2000s, the received wisdom from consultants and human-resource firms was that ...

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has received two large grants renewing funding for the Human Pangenome Reference Sequencing Project. This ambitious program began in 2019 with the ...

Map of Africa and Eurasia showing sites with evidence of human occupation. The inset shows a magnified view of Europe. A new study published in the journal Science Advances [1] by researchers at the ...

One of the most complete human ancestor fossils ever found may belong to an entirely new species, according to an international research team. The famous “Little Foot” skeleton from South Africa has ...

Areas dominated by humans are home to fewer species, with similar ecosystem function and proximity in the evolutionary family tree, a recent study in Nepal’s southern plains suggests. Human activities ...