When a random worker honeybee is selected to become a queen, she is nothing special. But after dining on royal jelly, she doubles in size to become a queen capable of giving birth to a thousand bees ...

Thanks to increasingly efficient and affordable gene sequencing technologies, we can now chart our genetic blueprint in unprecedented detail. But what does each gene do? Of the roughly 20,000 genes ...

While eating healthy and exercising are important for maintaining a healthy weight, so are some non-modifiable factors such as genetics. Researchers from the University of Essex found 14 “skinny genes ...