Investigating a common gene in three very different species—salamanders, mice and zebrafish—scientists have discovered the ...

In this video I walk you through real donated human brains to explore how the nervous system actually looks and works. I ...

Human anatomy is far from complete, with ongoing discoveries reshaping understanding of variation, structure, and disease.

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Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a previously unknown system inside cells that works like internal “trade winds,” rapidly carrying essential proteins to the cell’s ...

Noor has been a consultant on several episodes over the years, including season three of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.” “My ...

The work demonstrates the power of ancient DNA to illuminate human biology and medicine in addition to history. A massive ...

Biologists say the appendix isn’t useless after all. Evolution kept reinventing it, and it may help support gut immunity and ...

Some researchers hold that evolution hasn’t much altered humans in the past 10,000 years. A new analysis of ancient DNA ...

Commons can be defined as a social practice of governing a resource, not simply by a state or market, but also by a community of users that self-governs the resource through institutions that they ...

This month, in April, the International Diabetes Federation formally recognized a new, distinct form of the disease: type 5 ...