Human skin, hair, and eyes come in a huge variety of colors, but until now, scientists have only known a fraction of the genetic diversity driving this variation. Now, new research finds many dozens ...

Sarah Tishkoff Of the University of Pennsylvania led a collaborative team of researchers who have discovered key insights into the molecular basis of skin color differences among Africans. “There’s so ...

The Science Guy wants you to understand the relationship between skin tone and ultraviolet rays — and to start "treating each other fairly." Richard Sherman said that Tim Ryan could have chosen better ...

Since its introduction more than ten years ago, CRISPR technology has been used in a remarkable range of applications from biomedicine to food production. Now, a team of scientists from Stanford ...

A pigmentation gene first identified in zebrafish helps explain skin color differences between human European and African populations, a new Science study shows. A derived variant of the slc24a5 gene, ...

As a new analysis highlights the impact of skin tone on drug safety and efficacy, experts outline what can be done to make medical research more inclusive. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

For decades, scientists assumed that the first modern humans to arrive in Europe, around 45,000 years ago, quickly evolved pale skin to adapt to the region’s dim sunlight. The logic seemed ...

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have discovered key insights into the molecular basis of skin color variations among African populations. Their findings, published in Nature Genetics, ...