Most of the people infected with Ebola in the West Africa epidemic that began in 2014 got sick through contact with a small number of "superspreaders" with the disease, researchers said Monday. The...
The regular use of Caesarean sections is having an impact on human evolution, say scientists. More mothers now need surgery to deliver a baby due to their narrow pelvis size, according to a study....
BABRAHAM, England, ACCRA, Oct. 12, (UPI/GNA) - Vitamins A and C can be used to rewrite the epigenetic "memory" in cells, new research led by the Babraham Institute suggests. The study was conducted...
Archaeologists have found the world's oldest fish hooks in a cave on the Japanese island of Okinawa. The pair, dating from about 23,000 years ago, were carved from sea snail shells and found with...
Over that period alone an estimated 6.8% of the continent's elephant population was wiped out by the illegal ivory trade, scientists say.
In central Africa, the worst affected region, poaching led to...
