For more than a century, heredity has been framed through the tidy logic of Mendel’s pea plants: traits pass from parent to ...

From dwarfism to overgrowth, scientists unravel the complex genetic blueprint that determines how tall—or short—we become. Review: The genetic basis of human height. Image Credit: XiXinXing / ...

A new study suggests that the long-standing Mendelian view of genetics has some blind spots.

Why do some people feel chills when listening to music, reading poetry, or viewing a powerful work of art, while others do not? New research by Giacomo Bignardi and his colleagues from Max Planck ...