Rare genetic traits are features that are uncommon within the general population. They can lead to different observable features or to rare physical abilities. Rare genetic traits are typically ...

How exactly does a newly-hatched spider weave a perfect web that is characteristic of his or her species—without ever even having seen such a web, let alone having been trained to spin one? How do ...

Research by the Max Planck Institute for Biology Tübingen reveals how nematodes can rapidly change to predatory behaviour through long-term environmental exposure. Over 101 generations, dietary ...

In executive leadership, success is often attributed to skill, strategy and market savvy. However, beneath these visible factors lie hidden influences that can significantly impact careers: ...

Dear Dr. Gott: Although I loved my late husband dearly, and we were married more than 50 years, he was a cruel man, suffered from depression and drank too much. I protected our children until they ...

Imagine navigating through a forest, where each tree represents a family, and its roots represent its members that span back many generations. The roots, entwined and deep, hold the shared experiences ...

"When you really get down to it, how different is something like this from the Super Bowl, in a sense? Everyone in town participates. Everybody cares about it, and everything else stops while it's ...