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 ...

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.

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Science of the Human Body" exhibit at Liberty Science Center teaches kids the science behind the body's nastier functions ...

Body farms, also known as taphonomic research facilities, are laboratories that study how human bodies decompose in a number of different environments. U.S. World ...

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

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.

In science fiction, spaceships moving at or beyond lightspeed enable all manner of universal exploration. But in Earth-bound reality, traveling at the speed of light (299,792,458 meters per second ...

As global temperatures rise and heat waves become more frequent and intense, understanding how to stay safe in the heat is no ...

Your body ages rapidly in two 'bursts,' at 44 and 60. Here's how to prepare. A new study shows that aging isn't a totally gradual or linear process.