In two new studies, researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute have clarified how a long-banned group of chemicals, called ...

Paul Blaschko, director and founder of the Sheedy Family Program in Economy, Enterprise, and Society and co-creator of God and the Good Life course, is leaving the University after June 30. Richard ...

The idea that everything that exists can be built from the bottom up has long held sway among physicists. Now, a new kind of ...

Stresses experienced by black women, such as socioeconomic inequalities, may alter key processes in the body that predispose ...

A new study suggests Neanderthals didn’t go extinct simply because of climate change or competition with Homo sapiens. Instead, the key difference may have been social connectivity—Homo sapiens formed ...

Ahead of next month’s commencement, The Daily Pennsylvanian interviewed three outgoing medical students about how Penn shaped ...

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In 1988, a group of scientists investigated their lab after several unusual incidents and found a sub-perceptual explanation. A new experiment added evidence that sounds we cannot hear may be to blame ...

Can twins have different fathers? This article explains the science of heteropaternal superfecundation, how hyperovulation ...

In about one out of every 1,000 pregnancies, the neural tube, a key nervous system structure, fails to close properly.

On Thursday, OpenAI announced it had developed a large language model specifically trained on common biology workflows.

While heat is often associated with reduced athletic performance and the dangers of heat stress, research increasingly shows that controlled heat exposure can provide powerful long-term health ...