Modern humans (Homo sapiens) are the only existing members of the human family tree. However, our evolutionary journey began around 6 million years ago and gave rise to at least 18 species, ...

Brown fat, unlike white fat, burns calories and regulates body temperature. The study published in Aging Cell shows that it also improves blood circulation to muscles during exercise. The modified ...

By Laure Tabouy - University of Paris-Saclay Consciousness is one of the most complicated and complex notions. Complicated because it is difficult to understand, and complex because it encompasses ...

The remarkable resistance of this response to a whole battery of ion channel inhibitors, beyond just sodium channels, suggests that it could largely be an intracellular phenomenon, relying on the ...

While the patterns and colors of lizard skin are fascinating, the mechanisms behind them are largely unknown. A team from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) has focused on the leopard gecko, a popular ...

Indeed, our body is not well adapted for this consumption, and alcohol remains toxic, even though evolution has done what it could by stabilizing a mutation in our genome in the gene coding for the ...

Beneath our feet, hundreds of kilometers deep, lies an invisible yet essential world: the Earth's mantle. For a long time, scientists believed they understood its structure and functioning. But a ...

The study utilized long-term data, demonstrating that losing family members increases aging markers in DNA, particularly if these losses happen during childhood or young adulthood. Researchers relied ...

But why is milk prone to boiling over, while a pot of water causes no such trouble (beyond rattling the lid or creating the occasional splash in a vigorous boil)? It's all due to the unique ...

The functioning of the brain relies on the precise organization of neuronal connections. In an article published in Developmental Cell, scientists show how neurons establish their connections in ...

The study, published in PLOS One, revealed that the majority of participants perceive humor as an effective parenting tool. Among 312 participants surveyed, aged 18 to 45, over 71% acknowledged that ...

A prehistoric lizard the size of a raccoon has just been identified in southern Utah. This specimen, named Bolg amondol, sheds new light on the diversity of giant lizards during the age of dinosaurs.