Researchers built a genetic obesity risk score using genetic data from over five million people.

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Donald L. Chi is professor and the Lloyd and Kay Chapman Endowed Chair at the University of Washington, where he is Associate ...

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Publish or Perish: The Board Game of Academic Survival Players compete, collaborate, and celebrate in a satirical race to publish groundbreaking papers on hilariously absurd research topics.

An acoustic feature of people’s voices, measured by AI from recordings, could indicate a form of throat cancer.

Scientists once dismissed the theory that traits acquired during life could be inherited, but with new evidence and ...

DNA extracted from fossilized tartar helped scientists reconstruct early humans' oral microbiota, shedding light on their ...

Oral wounds heal without a trace, but skin scrapes don’t. Scientists decoded molecular players that drive scarless healing, ...

An antibody in maternal milk limits an allergy-promoting bacterium in the infant gut microbiome, informing the development of ...

Lithium levels in human and mouse brains influence Alzheimer’s disease effects, but targeted replacement therapy may hold the ...

Metabolic adaptations, air sac-filled bones, and evolutionary pressure likely contributed to dinosaurs’ gigantism.