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Researchers at the University of Vermont have uncovered a powerful new insight about how language works—one that overturns a cornerstone assumption in psychology, linguistics, and artificial ...

I n science, whether an anomaly is insignificant or the basis for a promising new field of study can boil down to the ...

Neanderthals had the know-how to identify a tooth infection and the motor skills to drill out the damage, according to a ...

Since the early 20th century, people’s skulls have got rounder and their jaws have got wider, probably because of changes in ...

Science Corporation, the startup from former Neuralink president and co-founder Max Hodak, has enlisted a top neurobiologist to lead the first U.S. human trials for its biohybrid brain-computer ...

Wellness and longevity influencers are pushing a compound called NAD+. There's scientific interest in its potential, but ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA indicates that natural selection continued to shape hundreds of genes. By Carl ...

Researchers found that ancient hominids—including early humans—were exposed to lead throughout childhood, leaving chemical traces in fossil teeth. Experiments suggest this exposure may have driven ...

A Nature analysis shows that the Trump administration has terminated more than 100 advisory committees to science agencies — and reduced the transparency and independence of those that remain.