Same-sex sexual behaviour has been recorded in around 1,500 species, from insects and starfish to birds and mammals. Yet sex ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

We spend billions of pounds and decades of research trying to build machines that can clean the air, move water, […] ...

He Jiankui spent three years in prison after creating gene-edited babies. Now back at work, he sees a greater opening for ...

Animals that researchers call “supersucklers” come back to nurse even after they can hunt, mate and fend for themselves.

Childbirth depends not just on hormones, but on the uterus’s ability to sense physical force. Scientists found that pressure ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have received a nearly $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the impact of phthalates on women’s fertility.

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...

The Atlantic’s Science, Technology, and Health desk has had a busy 2025: Our writers have spent the year probing the limits of human consciousness and gene-editing technology, studying the ubiquity of ...

Scientists have reconstructed the head of an ancient human relative from 1.5 million year-old fossilized bones and teeth. But the face staring back is complicating scientists' understanding of early ...

Human evolution’s biggest mystery, which emerged 15 years ago from a 60,000-year-old pinkie finger bone, finally started to unravel in 2025. Analysis of DNA extracted from the fossil electrified the ...

"Onyx Tempest." Discovery of the Year (Gold Category Winner) - Animals. In Onyx Tempest, I wanted to capture the intensity of a Friesian skidding into a sharp turn. The backlit dust, flying mane, and ...