The Italian Renaissance artist created groundbreaking depictions of humans at a time when the inner workings of the body ...

A team of international researchers led by scientists at City of Hope have demonstrated a way to boost thymic function after ...

A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

A study led by Dr. Peter Canoll's lab, in collaboration with researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Zuckerman Institute, and Irving Institute for Cancer Dynamics, along with ...

“The exact reason these became vestigial is difficult to tell, as our ancestors lost this ability about 25 million years ago, ...

A muscle that we thought served no purpose beyond enabling some people to wiggle their ears is actually active when we are ...

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles ...

At the University of Minnesota, researchers keep hearts alive outside the body for hours. Medtronic uses them to develop ...

New research reveals how the brain rapidly adapts to sensory changes using a feedback loop between the olfactory cortex and the olfactory bulb.

Elon Musk wants to merge humans with AI. And his goal of achieving “symbiosis” with artificial intelligence starts with a brain chip. Neuralink, a company Musk co-founded, is testing linking brains to ...

Not only did I avoid losing strength after a year of working out as a full-time traveller, but I actually got stronger” ...