Despite widespread misconceptions, eating disorders aren’t a choice, they’re serious, potentially life-threatening conditions. While social and environmental factors do influence someone’s risk of ...

Plants can carry long-lasting genetic damage from past population crashes, leaving them more vulnerable to future environmental change.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising genetic shift that may explain how animals with backbones—from fish and frogs to ...

The headline figure of lifespan being around “50% heritable” risks being misunderstood as meaning genes determine half of a ...

How much an infant cries is largely steered by their genetics, and there is probably not much that parents can do about it. This has been shown in a new Swedish twin study from Uppsala University and ...