It's no revelation that the human body undergoes natural wear and tear as we age. But you might be surprised that this ...

Scientists have long tried to understand the human brain by comparing it to other primates. Researchers are still trying to ...

Scientists have made a potentially “life-changing” discovery that could pave the way for new drugs to treat Parkinson’s ...

The family of Riley Strain, the Missouri college student whose body was found in a Tennessee river two weeks after he ...

The cells in human bodies are subject to both chemical and mechanical forces. But until recently, scientists have not ...

Smart devices comprise three essential components: hardware, software, and a power supply. Similarly, humans consist of a ...

WEHI researchers have solved a decades-long mystery by determining the structure of human PINK1, a key protein linked to ...

We have two types of hair, says dermatologist Elizabeth Houshmand. Vellus hairs, or “peach fuzz,” cover virtually our entire ...

Bone and muscle deterioration, radiation exposure, vision impairment—these are just a few of the challenges space travelers face on long-duration missions, even before considering the psychological ...

"We still don't know exactly what makes labor start. We know all about the mechanics and physiology, but we don't know what makes the average uterus say, 'It's go time.'" ...

After Scott Kelly spent a year on the International Space Station, the astronaut returned to Earth in 2016 shorter, more nearsighted, lighter and with new symptoms of heart disease that his ...

In recent years, updates in 3D printing technologies have allowed medical researchers to print things that were not possible to make using the previous version of this technology, including food ...