The NIH says funding cuts would save it billions of dollars a year. D.C.-area industry and academic leaders say it would cripple R&D.

Researchers have introduced genetic material into plants via their roots, opening a potential pathway for rapid crop improvement.

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

Now researchers from The Rockefeller University have unearthed intriguing genetic evidence: a protein variant found only in humans that may have helped shape the emergence of spoken language.

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