Researchers from Harvard’s Department of Human Evolutionary Biology found that educated children perform better on psychological tests measuring executive function abilities, challenging the accuracy ...

Most people have heard this before, but it bears repeating: Association does not imply causation. An often-cited example is that there is a very strong association between ice cream sales and ...

Molecular biologists have long believed that the beginning of a gene launched the process of transcription—the process by ...

Claims from the Trump White House about links between use of the painkiller acetaminophen - often sold under the brand name Tylenol in the U.S. - during pregnancy and development of autism have set ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Most people have heard this before, but it bears repeating: Association does not imply ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- In the predawn darkness, Drew Allar pulls his SUV into the Penn State football facility every Monday around 5:45 a.m. He beats many of the coaches into the building and often ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Police in Bridgeport say Abdulrahim Sulaiman used a baseball bat to kill 6-year-old ...

Natural selection uses duplicated genes as raw material for functional innovation, co-opting their existing features to new functions. Understanding genetic innovation requires two questions to be ...

RPG Borderlands 4 player finds bugged interaction that can cause 'Total Existence Failure' damage to endgame bosses without a proper build—and no legendary items or crit knives to be seen FPS ...

Ascending and descending sloping and vertical branches is critical for arboreal locomotion and likely played a major role in early primate evolution. While most studies have focused on ascent, ...