Vitamin D plays a vital role in the human body, far beyond just keeping bones strong. It helps your muscles move, allows your ...

Bone can heal itself, but not always in the ways we expect. Some animals regrow entire limbs. Others, like humans, can only manage a few millimeters at the tip of a finger. This wide range in ...

Researchers have uncovered strange and unprecedented entities living within the human body, entities they have named ...

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. How well do you know your body? For centuries, the human body has been mapped out and ...

How well do you know your body? For centuries, the human body has been mapped out and studied in great detail, yet researchers continue to make surprising discoveries. In recent years, scientists have ...