Being funny and the appreciation of humor differs across people. Humor involves creating funny remarks, generated funny ideas, and eliciting laughter. Humor production does not seem to have a genetic ...

A new study from the University of Aberystwyth suggests the ability to be funny isn't down to your genes - it is not a family ...

Some people seem naturally funny, always ready with a clever joke or a witty comment. Others struggle to land a punchline. But is a sharp sense of humor something we’re born with, or does it come from ...

Suddenly feeling old? Evidence now suggests that rather than a long, steady decline, we dramatically age around three ...

The X-Men are full of mutants with unique powers, yet there are some who stand above the rest, but for whatever reason, fly ...

The largest genetic analysis of stuttering has demonstrated a clear genetic basis for the speech disorder, highlighting ...

Families with three or more boys, for example, are more likely to have another boy than a girl as the next child.

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects nearly one in three adults around the globe. It starts when fat builds up inside the liver’s cells.

Ultimately, the resource can be used to increase our understanding of genetic risk factors linked to AD, and may inform the design of new, individualized treatments or prevention strategies.

In working through the Winter case files, I often felt pinpricks of déjà vu: an exact turn of phrase, an absurdly specific ...

Popular “flat-faced” dogs like French bulldogs suffer from a host of genetic disorders. New research shows the public and ...