"Humans picked up some Neanderthal DNA through interbreeding, while the Neanderthal population, always fairly small, was ...

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

The brain creates the mind through flexible networks. While science maps this connection, significant questions remain, ...

Scientists discovered that the brainless sea anemone build their bodies with a technique common in bilaterians... which is what humans are.

Scientists found that embryonic skin cells “whisper” through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins ...

This paper presents a sensing system for the real-time monitoring of human respiration. The system is equipped with a fast response thermoresistive micro calorimetric flow (TMCF) sensor and a ...

Researchers from Sweden have discovered that the human brain continues to grow new cells in the memory region—called the hippocampus—even into old age. Using advanced tools to examine brain samples ...

Human well-being on a finite planet towards 2100," uses a system dynamics-based modeling approach to explore two future ...

After years of debate, scientists provided new evidence for the lifelong birth of human brain cells, which may inform future ...

Endowing a companion robot with cognitive abilities to recognize human daily activities, in particular from body skeletons information, is a significant challenge, which needs complex and novel ...