New research suggests the long-term effects of COVID could be more devastating than previously thought and could even damage ...

The organs of a body are a spatial division of labour, one created by different genes being turned on or off in different cells. The same process serves to give individual lives a division of labour ...

Genetic diversity is essential to the survival of a species. It’s easy enough to maintain if a species reproduces sexually; an egg and a sperm combine genetic material from two creatures into one, ...

Some animals get only the briefest chance at life. Instead of stretching across years, their time is measured in days or ...

Scientists are working to create human eggs in a laboratory dish, but the process is proving to be more challenging than expected.

In what’s being described as the Great Wealth Transfer, economists project that more than $100 trillion of wealth will pass from the baby boomer generation to their children over the next 25 years. As ...

When planning your legacy, it's likely one of your first concerns is ensuring your children or grandchildren inherit assets that enrich their lives. Unfortunately, certain inheritances can be a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Matthew F. Erskine is a trusts and estates attorney. Probate Law: Judge's Gavel as a symbol of legal system, Themis is the goddess ...