A jawbone dredged up from the seafloor off Taiwan belongs to an ancient human species known as Denisovans, protein fragments ...

A teenager who underwent an unusual procedure, which involved doctors storing a part of her skull in her stomach, has relearned basic skills such as walking, talking and swallowing. During the May ...

A brief excavation of the site in 1975 uncovered the front of a human skull that was severed from the back part, perhaps related ... supporting a large, flat, horizontal stone, surrounded by ...

A girl who had part of her skull removed and put in her stomach after suffering a rare brain bleed has learnt how to walk, talk and swallow after months of rehabilitation. Ellie Morris-Davies, 16 ...

The popularity of aero road helmets has exploded in triathlon, sending the long-tailed TT helmet towards the margins as savvy triathletes have realised that aerodynamics, comfort and ventilation could ...

Thanks to a mouse watching clips from “The Matrix,” scientists have created the largest functional map of a brain to date.

The 3D brain map includes more than 200,000 cells, 523 million synapses and over two miles of axons, representing the most detailed wiring diagram of a piece of mammal brain ever constructed ...

Discovered in Taiwan, the jawbone is believed to have belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors called ...

From a tiny sample of tissue no larger than a grain of sand, scientists have come within reach of a goal once thought unattainable: building a complete functional wiring diagram of a portion of the ...

By mapping the subcellular architecture and protein interactions within cells, researchers can better understand how mutations contribute to pediatric cancers and other conditions.

Ancient human history is now resurfacing, quite literally, from the bottom of the sea. Off the western coast of Taiwan, ...