A new study found that the sea anemone, a member of the Cnidarian phylum, uses bilaterian-like techniques to form its body.

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 ...

Hoping to someday stave off immune rejection after xenotransplantation, researchers at New York University's Langone ...

Why Science Is Still Discovering New Parts of the Human Body INSANE IN THE MEMBRANE Despite all our medical advancements, there’s still a lot we’re learning about our own anatomy.

NASA has been studying the effects of space on human health for over 50 years, focusing on how zero gravity, lack of fresh ...

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Regev compared scientific knowledge of cell biology before the Human Cell Atlas initiative with a “15 th century map.” “Now, years later, the resolution of the map is a lot higher,” she said.

When the body overheats, the heart has to work harder to pump blood flow to the skin to dissipate the heat, and when you’re also sweating, that decreases body fluids.

An ambitious project launched in 2016 has made a dent in one of biology’s greatest challenges — with more than 3,600 researchers profiling more than 100 million cells.