Bates is welcoming a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors will join the college ...

A growing body of evidence suggests that women’s relative longevity may be linked to having double X chromosomes.

A new study is offering an explanation as to why women tend to live longer than men. Published in the Science Advances ...

Sexual behavior is one reason why female mammals typically live longer than their male counterparts, according to a new study ...

A mapping expedition in the Tlayócoc cave in Mexico led a professional cave explorer to a hidden chamber containing shocking ...

Nail-biting and nose-picking have probably been around since our ancient ancestors walked the Earth, but these habits don’t leave much of a physical trace. Tooth-picking, on the other hand, does – or ...

A recent study dramatically pushes back the date for the emergence of our species, though some researchers call for further ...

Women have an evolutionary advantage when it comes to living longer. They outlive men by about five years. This gender gap is ...

A newly published study by Cornell researchers shows that university professors have responded to concerns about learning ...

Dar es Salaam. As global temperatures rise, new research has found that growing trees alongside crops could protect millions of Tanzanian farmers from the life-threatening health impacts of extreme ...