Mary Roach's new book Replaceable You explores what we do when bits of our bodies break down or need switching out. It makes ...

Some cancers can "shapeshift" and start to resemble cells from other organs. New research has identified the proteins ...

Some tumors are almost impossible to treat. That's especially true for carcinomas, which don't behave like other malignancies ...

From interactive diagrams to A.I. assistants, virtual tools are beginning to supplant physical dissections in some classrooms ...

An experiment on reptile decomposition aims to shed light on a variety of paleontological mysteries, including why so many ...

MC1R is best known for something quite different from wound healing: the gene is responsible for red hair and very fair skin.

Although we humans have changed our environment in many ways during the past few thousand years, we are still changed by ...

Researchers at the University of Arizona have uncovered a previously unknown population of circulating immune cells that play ...

Alternate states of consciousness and inner peace can emerge in flotation therapy with reduced environmental stimulation.

The great unknown, the final frontier – death. It’s a topic shrouded in both fear and morbid curiosity, a universal ...