FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Nov. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Humans carry genes that predispose us to atherosclerosis, the disease that causes heart attacks, because those same genes may have once helped ...

If something similar occurs in humans, and given growing evidence that the gut microbiome matters for health, genetic ...

A large study of rats shows that genes shape the gut microbiome in two ways: directly, by influencing an individual’s own ...

Tail loss in gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans is believed to have occurred about 25 million years ago, when the group evolved away from Old World monkeys. A genetic change in our ancient ancestors ...

A 2025 study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, found that variations in two genes are linked to cannabis use behaviors and the likelihood of developing cannabis use disorder. These genetic factors ...

Hooray for the Morapians! I have no idea who they are, but they’ve helped make the effect of genes on politics much clearer. I just read an article that I really like for that very reason. The ...

A study of over four thousand rats shows gut microbiomes are shaped by both individual genes and the genes of social partners through shared microbes.

Our hunter-gatherer ancestors have given us many things. They passed down mastery of fire for cooking and early survival ...

Seven years ago, I took a bet from one of the most controversial figures in the scientific world. Charles Murray, the political scientist who—along with the late psychologist Richard Herrnstein—wrote ...