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 ...

A measure in New York state offers tax credits to living organ donors. That's reignited one of medicine’s most contentious ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

An international team of scientists has decoded some of the most stubborn, overlooked regions of the human genome using ...

As India prepares to receive its first astronaut, who is returning from the International Space Station, the spotlight turns ...

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is linked to difficulties in understanding emotions and intentions from body cues. However, ...

We can explain our brains, bones, and even balls... but this very visible part of us still has evolutionists stumped.

This built-in backup system means that if one part fails, another often steps in to carry the load — a marvel of nature often overlooked ...

A man in California has been arrested after police say he staged a "macabre teddy bear" made to look as if it were ...

Researchers at MIT have developed a bionic knee that redefines mobility for above-the-knee amputees. Unlike traditional ...

In a remarkable achievement that is already impacting how we detect and diagnose disease, UK Biobank has completed the ...

Scientists start a controversial project to create the building blocks of human life, in what is thought to be a world first.