Often overlooked, sarcomas are rare but aggressive cancers that can affect anyone from infants to the elderly. Originating in ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

A measure in New York state offers tax credits to living organ donors. That's reignited one of medicine’s most contentious ...

Surviving roommate Dylan Mortensen addressed Bryan Kohberger in court, calling him a "hollow vessel, something less than ...

Viewed this way, “Mind-Body medicine” is the tail wagging the dog, to put it mildly.

The grizzly trade of human bodies in the U.S. was highlighted in August when a man in Pennsylvania was arrested for buying and selling human body parts on Facebook, including human brains, one ...

A man accused of killing his wife lived alongside her corpse for more than a month, Texas authorities say. Charles Vandoil ...

The human body is full of design flaws. Except they aren’t really design flaws, because the human body wasn’t designed. It was evolved, and it is still evolving. And that means some of our ...

But human bodies are also susceptible to great tragedies, from freak accidents to medical mysteries. Understanding your body and how it works is vital to not only surviving, but also to live longer.

Human ancestors got steadily larger over the last 1 million years. ... The research offers conclusive evidence that human body size and climate are historically connected. Sponsor Message.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Human Body Is Made of Bags ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 330 No. 6 (June 2024), p. 71 doi: ...

But the least useful organ in the human body depends entirely on your environment. So, maybe sweat glands are less useful for someone who lives their whole life in the arctic, but essential for a ...