Your Blood Vessels Could Circle Earth Four Times Laid end to end, an adult's blood vessels could circle Earth's equator four ...

"Since I was a kid, I would sleep-walk, drink, and eat. The sleep-drinking was the most problematic, because I've woken up ...

Some people may worry about being bitten by a snake or spider, but have you ever considered what would happen if a small ...

Using an ultra-high-resolution imaging technology called 7 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) on human participants, researchers have mapped how different parts of the brain work together. Specifically, they ...

Researchers with the global Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium report significant progress in their quest for a better understanding of the cells of the human body in health and disease, with the ...

From periods of rapid aging in our 40s and 60s to ancient brains that don’t decompose, here are some of the year’s most intriguing stories about human biology It can sometimes feel like health ...

I just took this common pain medication...and I was today years old when I learned we don't actually know how it works. 😳 ...

With just the tip of her finger, Charlotte Coughlin sliced through the cadaver’s abdomen, revealing his liver, kidneys and stomach. From there, the senior at Lincoln Northwest High School had the ...

EWG also notes that fruits and vegetables are still essential for a healthy diet. A new peer-reviewed study from Environmental Working Group scientists reports that eating certain fruits and ...