In China, researchers studying the burial site of one of the world's most well-preserved mummies also unearthed what's ...

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) have evolved dramatically over time, transforming from rudimentary systems of transport to ...

The sacred yellow serpents of Asclepius, the porieas, symbolized healing, renewal, divine power in ancient Greek medical and ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

Mitochondria are the body's "energy factories," and their proper function is essential for life. Inside mitochondria, a set ...

Modern day obsessions with healthy eating and fat-free foods for fitness is not new; it goes back to the ancient Greeks and ...

The oldest known Egyptian DNA sample, from a man who lived between 4,500 to 4,800 years ago, offers new insights into the ...

Researchers have recovered and sequenced Mycobacterium lepromatosis genomes from 4,000-year-old human remains in Chile, ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...

New research breaks down the way coffee helps support longevity, and it has to do with a cellular process called AMPK. Here's ...

Researchers surveyed the DNA of more than 200 cats spanning the last 9,000 years, including ancient Romanian cat remains, Egyptian cat mummies, and modern African wildcat specimens.

The mystery deepened in the 1970s when a team of scientists entered the tomb of Polish king Casimir IV. Within weeks, 10 out ...