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In a new book, Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor explores the ways grief affects the body, from the heart to the immune system.

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Vital opens on Saturday at the Franklin Institute, and features real human specimens preserved to showcase the inner workings of the human body. The exhibit is returning to the museum and runs from ...

Researchers at University of Galway have created the world’s largest collection of digital microbes - nearly a quarter ...

Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden made an unexpected discovery while investigating genetically unique women.

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Veda Short, 56, met the baby boy in hospital the night before the explosion that "shattered" her family's world.

Microplastics are accumulating in human brains at alarming rates, with concentrations rising 50% in the past eight years.

Congo calls an emergency UN Human Rights Council meeting, demanding an urgent investigation of violations it says have been committed by Rwandan-backed M23 rebels.