People have a unique anatomy that supports our ability to produce complex language.

Evolutionary changes in both the vocal tract and the brain were necessary for humans’ remarkable gift of gab.

Low levels of a biochemical process involved in fat breakdown predicts weight gain and metabolic complications more than a decade later.

The device could one day help enable prosthetics deliver richer touch information to users.

The reproductive biologist uncovered hormones important for fertility cycles.

The pre-peer review assessment finds the compound has “minimal effects,” but endocrinologists and others say key data have yet to come out.

Günter Blobel, known for his work on the signal hypothesis of protein targeting, has died from cancer at age 81.

Millions of measurements from 23 people who consumed extra calories every day for a month reveal changes in proteins, metabolites, and gut microbiota that accompany shifts in body mass.

Asprosin—involved in a rare disease called neonatal progeroid syndrome—targets neurons to stimulate appetite, and blocking the hormone wards off weight gain in rodents.