An international research team has announced the most complete fossil yet of Homo habilis (aka 'the handy man') – one of the earliest known members of our genus. The 2-million-year-old partial ...

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CONWAY, Ark. — For years, Reagan Stanford and her team at Disability Rights Arkansas (DRA) have been documenting what they call serious concerns inside the Conway Human Development Center. "Most of ...

The human brain experiences five distinct eras as we age, and each is defined by changes in our neural architecture that influence how we process information, new research shows. The brain changes ...

The youngest team in the NBA is the Brooklyn Nets, with an average player age of 24.9 years old. A common problem with rebuilding teams with an abundance of youth is allocating developmental minutes.

At the second United Nations Social Summit in Qatar this week, dozens of governments adopted the Doha Political Declaration, renewing their commitments to tackle poverty, create decent work, combat ...

Phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) from a contractile to a synthetic state contributes to vascular remodelling in hypertension. While oxidative stress and microRNAs (miRNAs) ...

Stem-cell models provide evidence that viral DNA sequences that entered the human genome in the past were repurposed to aid early stages of embryonic development. Sherif Khodeer is in the Department ...

Erika Kirk has touched many people with her strength after the assassination of her husband Charlie Kirk earlier this month, including Lorenzo Lamas. Lamas called the 36-year-old an "incredible woman ...

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is entering a period of profound transformation, driven by three powerful megatrends: demographic, climate, and technological change. In MENA, their ...