Earlier this year, a baby named Cassian made headlines across the globe after photos of his arrival in the United States ...

The human skeleton — our internal framework that includes bones and cartilage — evolved over millions of years. It comprises ...

But the strongest muscle by weight is the masseter, a chewing muscle in the jaw, D'Agostino said. It is small, but it has many fibers packed into it and has a perfect 90-degree insertion angle on the ...

For more than half a century, scientists have debated whether Paranthropus boisei, an extinct human relative known for its ...

Under special conditions, some cells of the pancreas can produce the hormone GLP-1, mimicked by popular diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, according to a new study that upends what we knew about ...

Science is advancing our understanding of the human body (photo taken at the Wellcome Centre, London) —Image by © Tim Sandle Science is advancing our understanding ...

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The From Labs to Lives Blog provides clear, accessible explainers on everyday topics for which UC Davis has expertise. Each post is reviewed by faculty or subject-matter experts, ensuring readers get ...

A human body has been discovered at a waste site with police launching an investigation. Cleveland Police were called to the SUEZ facility at Haverton Hill Road, in Billingham, at 1.45pm on Wednesday, ...

As a kid of the 1970s, Mary Roach sat in front of the TV watching “The Six Million Dollar Man” promise a techno-rebirth. “We can rebuild him,” the narrator intoned. “Better than he was before. Better.

There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...