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A male bonobo called Kanzi is the first non-human animal to clearly grasp the concept of make believe. In experiments reported today in Science, the ape…

Physical abilities fade as we age, but many of us like to think that won’t be an issue until we’re well into our golden years.

According to a new study, however, fitness and strength begin to dwindle as early as age 35, regardless of exercise…

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, boys are about three times more likely to be diagnosed as autistic than girls are. Scientists have sought an answer as to why that imbalance exists: some have argued it is to do…

A group of people living in the far southern reaches of Greece’s Peloponnesian Peninsula have been genetically isolated for over a millennium and can trace their roots back to the Bronze Age, an analysis of their DNA reveals.

A new genetic study…

As humanity moves from brief space missions toward longer stays — driven by commercial ambitions for moon bases and eventual Martian settlements — scientists are beginning to confront how the conditions of space may affect human…

TSS selection

The selection of relevant TSSs was done as previously described⁶⁰. In brief, we selected GENCODE-defined TSSs⁶², with the additional requirement that they are active in at least one cell type or tissue according to the FANTOM5…