There are 118 elements on the period i c table, and you might think we are made up of many of them. But that's not the case; the complex systems that make up our bodies have a surprisingly simple ...
We are living in an era of “discoveries that feel at once wondrous, improbable, and surreal,” writes Mary Roach in her new book.
An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...
July 2023 was the hottest month ever recorded. It could even be the hottest month in human history. That heat has tested the limits of our very bodies to tragic effect: In 2003, an estimated 70,000 ...
When my daughter came home one afternoon, excitedly announcing she had pumped blood out of a fake arm at school, her enthusiasm was palpable. If your headed-to-high-school child shows an interest in ...
A Del Norte High junior has been honored with the “Star Student” award from a local biotech company for her accomplishments in the biomedical field. Shefali Chaubey, 17, was presented the award from ...
Expelling toxic “forever chemicals” from the body may take guts — or at least, their microbes. Some microbes found in the human gut can absorb some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, ...
Your kidneys are like filters. Your brain is like a computer. Your digestive system is like a tube. Your hands are controlled a bit like a marionette. These comparisons exist in part because doctors ...
The esteemed scientist, one of the world’s leading experts in molecular biology, explains how disruptions at the cellular level influence health ...
Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...
Artemis 2 astronauts will be the subjects of nearly as many experiments as they'll be performing during their trip around the ...
Goddess Durga, revered as the divine protector in Vedic tradition, holds a deeper connection to human physiology. Neuroscientist and Vedic scholar Dr Tony Nader explains how Durga’s eight arms mirror ...