Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power, each ...

Most of us think little of why we feel pleasantly full after eating a big holiday meal, why we start to cough after accidentally inhaling campfire smoke, or why we are hit with sudden nausea after ...

The human body is a wonderful biological work of art, composed of a great many organs, each carrying out special functions that are part of life and well-being. Though the human body contains about 78 ...

A small ultrasound sticker, worn on the skin, can monitor the stiffness of organs deep inside the body. The sensor could detect signs of disease such as liver and kidney failure, and the progression ...

This article was originally republished from The Conversation. Bringing a new drug to market costs billions of dollars and can take over a decade. These high monetary and time investments are both ...

Deep in ancient rock, researchers have uncovered a creature so well preserved that its brain and internal organs are still ...

An international team of researchers has discovered a half-billion-year-old fossil with its internal organs still intact.

You know that slouched position you fall into when you’re working at your computer, scrolling your phone, or binge-watching Netflix? That rounded shoulders, forward head, compressed chest posture that ...