Scientists have long believed that longevity is shaped by lifestyle choices; however, a new study reveals that genes may play a larger role in determining how long people live.

The headline figure of lifespan being around “50% heritable” risks being misunderstood as meaning genes determine half of a ...

New research challenges the view that human life span depends mostly on lifestyle. Genes may account for half the factors ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes. A gene is a basic unit of heredity, the means by which traits get passed from one generation to the next, and genetics is the study ...

When my middle school class read Tuck Everlasting, the novel about a girl who befriends a family who drank from a magical stream and gained eternal life, I was conflicted. The moral of the story was ...

A new study suggests that those with long-lived families probably have the best prospects of making it to a very old age.

A person’s genes play a far greater role in likely lifespan than previously thought, according to a major new study published Thursday in the journal Science ...

“The eyes are the window to the soul,” notes a timeless quote. And while your eyes also bring the world your way, the origins of eye color are fascinating and even mysterious. To help lay out the ...

Dr. Conley is the author of “The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture.” Since Francis Galton coined the phrase “nature versus nurture” 150 years ago, the debate about what makes us who ...

Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child’s first steps to recovery after ...

Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after injury. For some, however, muscle development goes awry, leading to weakness, ...