We used to think the ‘sex’ of an animal was clearly defined by its chromosomes. But it’s way more complicated than it seems.
The Max Planck team measured the lifespans of 1,176 wild creatures. Female mammals, the analysis showed, live 13% longer on ...
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Why Women’s Longer Lifespans Finally Make Evolutionary Sense
Worldwide, today, women live, on average, 5.4 years longer than men.” That striking fact, highlighted in recent research, isn ...
THE complete sequence of the human X chromosome was published in Nature this week. The work shows that large segments of it match parts of normal chromosomes in birds, confirming the X chromosome’s ...
A global study of over 1,100 species reveals an evolutionary reason why females consistently live longer than males.
The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
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