An executive order on human biology.

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Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of ...

Jan. 22, 2025 — Pathogen-fighting immune cells called tissue-resident memory CD8 T cells (TRM cells) go through a surprising transformation -- and relocation -- as they fight infections in the ...

A new book by the British cultural journalist Dorian Lynskey chronicles our centuries-old obsession with doomsday scenarios. By Jennifer Szalai Chilly thrillers, snowy fantasies and Alpine ...

Jan. 21, 2025 — A new study has identified a group of neurons that, when activated, can induce a hypometabolic state, akin to hibernation. The discovery could have ...

You know those men who see a woman backing into a parking spot and immediately decide that they should start directing her ...

Aristotle's Poetics has arguably influenced modern culture more than any other ancient text. The Greek philosopher's 4th ...

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It has been tempting to view the C.I.A. as omniscient. Yet Coll’s chastening new book about the events leading up to the Iraq War, in 2003, shows just how often the agency was flying blind.

The symptoms of anxiety and depression overlap in many ways—both conditions create irritability, insomnia, and difficulty concentrating, for example. Researchers know that some of the same brain ...