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 ...

Some people believe we know everything about such thing as our body, since we study biology at school, read books, and watch popular videos on YouTube. Well, this is far from being true. The human ...

So the mathematician's answer is that humans have either seven or eight holes. In the end, the question is not just about ...

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

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...

The human body is a remarkably resilient thing, as many case studies of people surviving without organs tell us ...