We know that some animals are bilaterian—meaning they display bilateral symmetry—while others are not, but nature is rarely ...

Consciousness researchers studying “islands of awareness” have found that disconnected brains likely sink into a strange form ...

While AI can streamline certain parts of the scientific process, a philosopher argues that it cannot replace human expertise and collaboration.

Researching are throwing lots of ideas at the wall to see what sticks, but the U.S. just put some serious cash behind the ...

Some scientists are coming out against the studies that claimed to have found alarming amounts of microplastics in human ...

In the classic 1975 British comedy film "Monty Python and the Holy Grail," King Arthur battles a mysterious Black Knight who ...

Studies detecting microplastics throughout human bodies have made for alarming reading in recent years. But last week, the Guardian’s environment editor, Damian Carrington, reported on major doubts am ...

“From what we know about actual exposure in everyday life, it is not biologically plausible that that mass of plastic would ...

Over the past year, scientists have searched brain tissue, arteries and even joints for the presence of microplastics. The tiny particles, they have found, are ubiquitous in the human body - littering ...

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

The new research focused on exposure to PM 2.5, tiny particles that can lodge deep in the lungs and enter the bloodstream.

Yes, it’s legal to wear the skulls, eyes, fingers, or toes of people who have died, and worse yet, it’s legal for hospitals ...