MIT Technology Review has released its annual list of breakthrough technologies. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Amy Nordrum, an editor who helped put the list together. The ground beneath your ...

Research institutions around the world house valuable genetic information that could help unlock countless medical mysteries.

Research institutions around the world house valuable genetic information that could help unlock countless medical mysteries.

A groundbreaking ceremony took place on Friday morning for a new Human Identification Lab at Chico State, which will be built near the intersection of West Seco ...

In a remarkable development that challenges our understanding of life’s origins, researchers have identified human-like DNA ...

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. An enigmatic skull ...

A new study of ancient dog DNA shows that people and dogs traveled together across Eurasia for at least 10,000 years.

A prominent brow ridge with a brain as large as modern humans and Neanderthals — that’s what the archaic human group, the Denisovans, looked like, according to work published this week in Cell and ...

The ground beneath your feet might contain Neanderthal DNA, which scientists can now extract and analyze. The heart, beating in your chest, well, it could, if necessary, be swapped out for the heart ...

(CNN) — An enigmatic skull recovered from the bottom of a well in northeastern China in 2018 sparked intrigue when it didn’t match any previously known species of prehistoric human. Now, scientists ...