Microplastics are everywhere. We drink them in our water, we eat them in our food, we breathe them in our air, leading to – ...

While it's common for people to willingly donate their bodies to science once they pass, body brokering has become a ...

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Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy straightforward explanation. From the jut of the human chin to the curve of the outer ...

Some scientific studies from brain research suggest that near death, there may be brief bursts of electrical activity in the brain and changes in neurochemicals.

The same body can look very different depending on whether you approach it as a biologist, a doctor, or a mathematician.