The discovery that fat is a communicative organ with a role in everything from bone health to mood is forcing a rethink of ...

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

At this stage, known as gastrulation, a flat and featureless sheet of cells folds into a living blueprint for the body, a ...

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

From interactive diagrams to A.I. assistants, virtual tools are beginning to supplant physical dissections in some classrooms ...

Re-engineering the human body for space travel Guest: Christopher E. Mason By Stuart McNish “To boldly go where no one has ...

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

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 ...

Mary Roach's new book Replaceable You explores what we do when bits of our bodies break down or need switching out. It makes ...

A new study reversed transplant rejection twice, uncovering the reasons for transplant rejection on a cellular level ...

Our body's "blood factory" consists of specialized tissue made up of bone cells, blood vessels, nerves and other cell types.

In 1959, Adolf Butenandt and his team discovered the first pheromone, bombykol, a chemical released by female silkworm moths ...