Explore how the human nervous system mirrors the structure of the Vedas. A neuroscientist from Harvard and MIT discusses the ...

Humans differ from other primates due to their relatively large, permanent breasts, and their development has so far not been conclusively explained. According to a study conducted at the University ...

High-throughput sequencing, single-cell technologies, and large-scale population studies have transformed genetics and genomics into data-intensive ...

This Research Topic is a collection of insights, research, and perspectives emerging from the 16th International Meeting on Visualizing Biological Data ...

In the aftermath of Australia’s “Black Summer” bushfires of 2019–20, few policy questions have proved as persistent as how, exactly, to live with fire on a warming continent. Governments promise ...

For more than a century, Mendelian genetics has shaped how we think about inheritance: one gene, one trait. It is a model that still echoes through textbooks—and one that is increasingly reaching its ...

Most chronic diseases don't begin with obvious symptoms or dramatic warning signs. Instead, they develop quietly over many years, as small changes accumulate in the body. A new perspective from ...

Diet doesn’t just fuel the body, it sends molecular signals that can slow down or speed up biological ageing, according to a new perspective in npj Aging (Nature Portfolio). The authors explain that ...