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The different pigment levels seen when growing retinal pigment epithelial cells in the laboratory are not linked to differences in gene expression.

Computer simulations based on artificial intelligence shed light on whether high-level cognitive processes are required for collaborative hunting.

Measuring biological age using PhenoAge may help identify people with elevated cancer risks, especially when combined with genetic risk factors for cancer.

Comparing fossils of extinct birds to the skeletons of modern-day birds sheds new light on the roles these animals played in ecosystems around 100 million years ago.

Mathematical models of how ribonucleic acid (RNA)-like molecules make copies of themselves reveal new insights as the origins of life on Earth.

Mutations that lead to PURA syndrome result in the mislocalization of PURA protein in the cell.

A clinical trial shows a link between the levels of a circulating hormone and changes of body composition in prostate cancer patients undergoing androgen deprivation therapy.

In fruit flies, a signalling molecule known as octopamine helps information about resource availability shape which type of memories are formed of a meal, and how much certain foods are eaten.