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New research has suggested that host social interactions and shared environments play a key role in influencing how their gut bacteria evolve.

A study on almost 4000 people of African descent has identified a gene that acts as natural defense against HIV by limiting its replication in certain white blood cells.

A new study uncovers the science behind the mystery of why the body's tanning process does not occur immediately after sun exposure, but only after a few hours or even days.

Genomic sequencing had a huge impact in the global response to COVID-19, and the technology improved as more researchers put it to use.

A new study is the first to quantitatively describe the whitespotted eagle ray diet in U.S. coastal waters.

DNA analysis of ancient remains, obtained across four different parts of Brazil, reveal new insights into the ancient communities that occupied eastern South America thousands of years ago.

A study of emerging diseases in the fast-growing capital city of Nairobi shows that pathogens may be more likely to jump from animals to humans in parts of the city with high densities of people, livestock and urban-adapted wildlife such as rats.

The first bees evolved on an ancient supercontinent more than 120 million years ago, diversifying faster and spreading wider than previously suspected, a new study shows.

A recent study has detailed how to create "unnatural" amino acids – not found in the human body – which could be used in protein-based therapies.

New research has identified a protective immune feature of T follicular helper cells that may be lacking in people with chronic worm infections.