The human chin has been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose. As with testicles, there are half a dozen plausible ideas to explain the evolution of the human chin.

There have been cases of rubber bullets causing blindness, traumatic brain injury, and disfigurement, and less seriously, broken bones in other areas of the body.

Ultraweak biophotons largely caused by metabolic processes could play a key role in noninvasive health testing.

While it was previously known that cytokines are released in the body during inflammation, how the nervous system detects and represents these immune signals was unclear.

The DNA of human cells consists of a sequence of about 3.1 billion building blocks. Cells go to great lengths to maintain the integrity of this vast store of information. They constantly untangle ...

Opinion Ethically sourced “spare” human bodies could revolutionize medicine Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages.

But we’ve learned quite a lot of fascinating things about the human body this year, too, in relation to topics ranging from eye and uterus transplants to vitamin D levels and aging.

An ambitious project launched in 2016 has made a dent in one of biology’s greatest challenges — with more than 3,600 researchers profiling more than 100 million cells.

An ambitious plan to map all 37 trillion cells in the human body is transforming understanding of how our bodies work, scientists report. The received wisdom said we were built from around 200 ...

Lab-Grown Human Immune System Model Uncovers Weakened Response in Cancer Patients The miniature models could exponentially accelerate vaccine development, cancer treatment research, and improved ...

Share on Pinterest The human body experiences major changes at two specific times, research shows. RZCREATIVE/Stocksy As we age, the body undergoes a number of changes, both externally that you ...

There are two times in life when the human body goes through accelerated periods of aging, according to a new study.