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 ...

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 ...

(Special to The Root) — Skin color is one of our most important biological traits. Its many shades evolved as humans moved far and wide into regions with different intensities of sunlight. Skin color ...