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One of the main arguments made for bodyoids is that they could provide spare human organs. There’s a huge shortage of organs ...

Scientists have announced that they successfully maintained the function of a genetically modified pig liver for a brief ...

The new research showed that both chimpanzees and Neanderthals had larger, faster-growing faces, while modern humans have ...

There are many famous examples of animals who seem to understand human language. But is there any real science behind them?

The anthropologist Margaret Mead was just over five feet tall and had to stand on a suitcase to be seen above ...

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 ...

The human body is one of the most complex and fascinating machines ever studied, yet there’s still so much we don’t ...

"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.'" View Entire Post › ...

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 ...

Skin grafting is the transplantation of healthy skin from an animal, a human donor, or the patient’s own body to another part of his or her body where the skin is badly damaged. The procedure is ...

The skeleton had mostly human-like features, but it also had the body proportions, jawbone and pitted occipital bone at the back of the skull that were characteristic of Neanderthals. At the time ...