Explore 25 Cultures With Extraordinary Abilities that push human limits. From deep-diving Bajau to high-altitude Sherpas, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study of the Turkana in Kenya reveals genetic adaptations to desert survival—and how those same traits may pose health risks ...

Without this remarkable human adaptation, it's unlikely that you would even have existed to be able to go for that run. Unlike most other animals, humans are capable of incredible endurance feats such ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Edsel Querini/iStock/Getty Images) For thousands of years, humans living high in the Argentinian Andes have relied on drinking ...

The Middle Pleistocene was a turning point for human adaptation in East Asia, as shifting climates reshaped landscapes and demanded new survival strategies. By examining sediments, pollen, ...

The latest book marks our third effort to review available literature regarding the role of nutrition in astronaut health. In 2009, we reviewed the existing knowledge and history of human nutrition ...

Global heating and its associated environmental disruptions are increasingly affecting human societies through deteriorating public health, economic instability, and social dislocation. Rising ...

Throughout most of human history, evolution progressed slowly. Small genetic changes took thousands of years to permeate populations. Natural selection was intentional, reactive, and gradual. However, ...

Elon Musk's SpaceX has announced a call for proposals from companies to study how the human body adapts to space, with a focus on enhancing health and wellbeing during long-duration missions. "SpaceX ...

The avian flu virus isolated from a hospitalized teenager in Vancouver has mutations in key areas that could help the virus spread more easily in humans, scientists say. There is no indication that ...

In northern Kenya, where the ground is arid, the sun is hot, and water is a daily grind, the people have created a life that has endured for centuries. Their territory extends into Uganda, South Sudan ...