At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining ...

When we watch someone move, get injured, or express emotion, our brain doesn’t just see it—it partially feels it. Researchers ...

Tis the season for watching Home Alone. To celebrate, a professor of anatomy explained how badly Kevin McCallister's traps would have actually hurt the ...

Behind the festive comedy lies a catalogue of head trauma, spinal injuries and burns that few humans could survive.

Step inside the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, and you find yourself in a space that is part children's nursery, part ...

For the past year Martin County students have been breaking in a new state of the arts technology tool that is a rare find in ...

The endocannabinoid system is found throughout the brain and body and plays a key role in everything from memory and learning to sleep to social behavior. During prolonged aerobic exercise, the body's ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, Ind. (WSIL) -- The Fayette County coroner announced a groundbreaking discovery of human remains which he says adds historical significance to the community. The Fayette County Coroner ...

We preselected all newsletters you had before unsubscribing.

The sea lamprey looks like it’s from another planet, but this ancient creature has a surprising amount in common with humans Olivia Ferrari Sea lampreys have large neurons and synapses, making them ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...