Female orgasm is evolution’s happy gift
Aristotle was puzzled. Freud had his own ideas.
But no one theory has satisfactorily answered the question: Why do women have orgasms?
Orgasms in human females...
Life’s building blocks may have formed in interstellar clouds
An experiment shows that one of the basic units of life -- nucleobases -- could have originated within giant gas clouds interspersed between the...
We are all mutants, more or less
Everyone is a mutant but some are prone to diverge more than others, report scientists at University of Utah Health.
At birth, children typically have...
Rare 10 million-year-old fossil unearths new view of human evolution
Human ancestors might not have been built like modern African apes, a new study suggests.
Near an old mining town in Central Europe, known for...
The Swiss Army Knife of gene editing gets new control
When researchers want to edit, activate, or silence a gene in any living organism, from bacteria to humans, they often turn to CRISPR/Cas9, a...
Large study shows there is no “gay gene”
In a new study, researchers found that there is no single “gay gene” that could determine one’s sexual orientation.
They found a person's attraction to...
How plants know the difference between night and day
Plants are extremely sensitive to lengths of nights and days.
They use the information to keep track of seasons, information crucial to their life cycles.
Yale...
Crocodile smiles hold the secret to regrowing teeth
Unlike people, crocodiles do not clean their teeth to slow down wear and tear.
Instead, they get rid of them and replace them with new...
This novel detector could help with early Alzheimer’s diagnosis
In a new study, researchers have developed a high-sensitivity detector that could help aid early Alzheimer's diagnosis.
The research was conducted by a team from...
Guacamole lovers, rejoice! The avocado genome has been sequenced
We now know the DNA of guacamole.
Scientists have sequenced the avocado genome, shedding light on the ancient origins of this buttery fruit and laying...