As much as we would like to, we don't have all the answers.

You don't have to be a genius: anemones have been using human genes to form their bodies for 600 million years.

The human body has always been crowded with microscopic passengers, from bacteria to viruses and fungi. Over the past two ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early ...

The human body is extraordinarily complex, with several openings and a few exits. But exactly how many holes does each person have? It sounds like a simple enough question to answer — list the ...

A newly developed imaging method blends ultrasound and photoacoustics to capture both tissue structure and blood-vessel function in 3D.

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new ...

A joint research team led by Professors Jaesok Yu, Hoejoon Kim, and Sanghoon Lee of the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology ...

In this week’s episode of Space Minds, we explore how microgravity accelerates aging—and guest Dr. Nadia Maarouf shares her insights on the phenomenon and what she’s doing to help protect astronauts.

Air pollution, like ozone and PM2.5, significantly damages nearly every major human body system, impacting cardiovascular, ...