Females have one active X chromosome and one dormant X chromosome in each cell. But a study suggests that genes on the ...

Researchers have shed new light on how a type of heart valve disease—aortic valve stenosis—progresses differently in males and females. The research paves the way for treatments that can be tailored ...

Human biology is not black and white. Although newborns are typically categorized as male or female at birth based on visible ...

Many sports federations now have more exclusions for the women's category to limit the participation of transgender athletes.

The debate about transgender women athletes in competitive sports has been going on for years. In the United States, President Donald Trump recently signed a decree banning trans women athletes from ...

The debate about transgender women athletes in competitive sports has been going on for years. In the United States, President Donald Trump recently signed a decree banning trans women athletes from ...

In the world of agriculture, a primary goal is maintaining genetic varieties necessary for evolution, be it crops or ...

This date serves as a “lower boundary” for when language capacity must have emerged. But since Homo sapiens is at least ...

Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

One stormy Monday in March, 1827, the German composer Ludwig van Beethoven passed away after a protracted illness.

The Y chromosome is one of the two sex chromosomes. Women usually have two X chromosomes (XX) and men have one X and one Y chromosome (XY). The Y chromosome carries many genes associated with male ...