The infection season in kindergartens and schools is already here, and experts explain how the risk of reinfection can be reduced through simple means. There are few phenomena that manage to trouble ...

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Fossils unearthed in Ethiopia are reshaping our view of human evolution. Instead of a straight march from ape-like ancestors to modern humans, researchers now see a tangled, branching tree with ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral population in Africa. By analyzing genetic data from diverse modern African ...

Despite the big promise of AI, only 5% of AI implementations deliver measurable business returns, according to a recent study by MIT. Rarely is the problem the technology. More often, AI efforts fall ...

Researchers relied on a newer gene-editing technique that may make it possible to engineer embryos, a prospect that has long alarmed bioethicists. By Carl Zimmer Scientists at Columbia University have ...

Ravenous, flesh-eating flies have busted through containment barriers and have now reemerged in the US. On Monday and Tuesday, the US Department of Agriculture reported three new cases, bringing the ...

A mother in Florida is suing the Campbell Co. and Walmart after saying she found moving parasites in a can of SpaghettiOs that she shared with her daughter. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News ...

How old can a human live to be — and for how long can they be expected to live in good health? Average lifespans have increased over the past century thanks to improved nutrition and advances in ...

Just under 300,000 years from the moment Homo sapiens appeared in Africa, the species had encircled Earth, mastering desolate deserts and frozen wastelands and all the temperate climes in between.

Test time has arrived: the first person has been treated in a highly anticipated gene-therapy trial that aims to coax aged cells to take on a younger identity. The clinical trial is testing an ...

A Florida woman has filed a federal lawsuit against The Campbell's Company and Walmart, alleging she and her child became seriously ill after eating canned SpaghettiOs she says were contaminated with ...