Everyone needs protein. But expert say that if you're eating enough food, you are probably getting enough of the ...

Microscopic bits of plastic are sloughing off into food and beverages when consumers unwrap the plastic packaging, a new ...

A research team has identified the synthesis principle of eco-friendly ternary quantum dots that are harmless to the human ...

A Denisovan skull has been identified for the first time. The find was based on proteins and calcified dental plaque ...

New research suggests that the unique way human placentas produce sex hormones during pregnancy may have been a key driver behind our species' extraordinary brain development and social behavior.

To uncover the secrets of longevity, Chris Hemsworth put his body on the line. In his new Nat Geo series, 'Limitless,' the actor dangles from a rope high above a canyon and surfs frigid waters ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

Modern humans have existed for more than 200,000 years, and each new generation has begun with a single cell—dividing, ...