Cutting off reproduction — from birth control to castration — consistently adds years to life across species, even humans.

Human biology evolved for a world of movement, nature, and short bursts of stress—not the constant pressure of modern life. Industrial environments overstimulate our stress systems and erode both ...

Blocking reproduction through contraception or sterilization increases lifespan in both male and female mammals across more ...

A paper in Molecular Biology and Evolution finds that the relatively high rate of autism-spectrum disorders in humans is likely due to how humans evolved in the past. The paper is titled "A general ...