Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

Evolutionary theory has revolutionized the way we understand humans – yet more than a century after Darwin's ideas reshaped biology, the female form of our species remains largely a mystery.

Some of these facts sound like science fiction. Others feel like glitches in the system. All of them are real. Here are 20 ...

I uncover unsettling facts about human biology and the limits of the body.

The arterial vasculature is the second most frequently calcified structure in the human body after the skeleton. Calcification of the aorta and aortic valves occurs in most individuals in westernized ...

Nearly one in three Harvard varsity upperclassmen athletes study Economics — a concentration rate far higher than any other field and driven largely by men’s teams, where athletes share the same ...

Crying is one of the most recognizable human emotional signals. Tears appear when people experience grief, relief, joy, or deep stress. Because this response is so familiar, observers often assume ...

Harvard Medical School neurobiologist David Ginty has won The Brain Prize 2026 for his career-long research on our sense of ...

The warning from former FDA leadership is a reminder that we cannot outrun our own biology. While technology has advanced our food production, our internal systems remain rooted in the need for whole, ...

The ocean still hides many secrets, and sometimes the smallest or simplest creatures reveal the biggest clues about life. Scientists have long believed that complex animals such as humans evolved ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new hero in the fight against one of the world’s deadliest fungal infections: albumin, the most abundant protein in human blood. In a major international study, ...

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have identified two lipids that work together with a quintessential protein known ...