The idea sounds ridiculous at first, like something pulled from a horror film or an internet myth that refuses to […] ...

In recent decades, scientists have debated whether a seven-million-year-old fossil was bipedal—a trait that would make it the ...

The scope of all human knowledge is, understandably, so massive that no one person can manage to fully comprehend even a ...

Look in the mirror and the feature that quietly sets you apart from every other species is not your eyes or your opposable ...

A major new review has put hundreds of alternative autism treatments under the microscope—and most didn’t hold up. Scientists ...

Scientists have discovered a method of helping human stem cells thrive in an animal embryo—a key development in efforts to grow human organs in animals for medical transplants. A study by UT ...

Study in a Sentence: Researchers from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala and Stockholm University present a perspective on how organ-on-a-chip technologies can bypass costly animal experiments and ...

A comedy festival in Saudi Arabia featuring high-profile American performers is drawing intense criticism from human rights advocates who say the star-studded event helps gloss over the kingdom’s ...

“You’re glowing” is a well-known complimentary phrase meant to convey a perceived level of health, happiness, or other biological condition—pregnancies often inspire the platitude, for example. But in ...

The wellness industry has long profited from convincing consumers they need special products to “detox” or “cleanse” their bodies. Americans spend billions annually on detox products, from juice ...

Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe. A large proportion is excreted, but a certain amount remains in ...

Human “bodyoids” could reduce animal testing, improve drug development, and alleviate organ shortages. Why do we hear about medical breakthroughs in mice, but rarely see them translate into cures for ...