Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.

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Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us ...

Human cerebral organoids in a laboratory flask. (NIAID/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0) The human brain is a magnificently ...

For centuries, scientists have thought of the brain as a single, unified organ. But new research led by Stanford Medicine ...

Variants in genes involved in the production of extracellular matrix molecules could have enabled the skeletal adaptations that distinguish humans from other great apes.

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Neuroscientists have made a major advance in modeling the human brain in mice, offering a new way to study conditions like cerebral palsy. Ethicists ask if it changes how these mice should be treated.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the psychology of leadership, tech and entrepreneurship. While the human quest of meaning is perennial, the answers ...

Human factors (also referred to as human factors psychology and human factors engineering) is an applied field of study that examines human abilities, limitations, behaviors, and processes in order to ...