Some people may worry about being bitten by a snake or spider, but have you ever considered what would happen if a small ...

A tiny black hole zipping through your body sounds like the kind of death dreamed up by a pulp-era sci-fi writer. Which, ...

The tidal forces produced by a tiny black hole would have an interesting effect on human bodies.

At this stage, known as gastrulation, a flat and featureless sheet of cells folds into a living blueprint for the body, a ...

If you've ever wondered what would actually happen if a microscopic black hole tunneled straight through your body, answers ...

From interactive diagrams to A.I. assistants, virtual tools are beginning to supplant physical dissections in some classrooms ...

Mary Roach's new book Replaceable You explores what we do when bits of our bodies break down or need switching out. It makes ...

An experiment on reptile decomposition aims to shed light on a variety of paleontological mysteries, including why so many ...

The Brown University cognitive neuroscientist studies how the brain and body interact, with the goal of translating insights ...

In 1959, Adolf Butenandt and his team discovered the first pheromone, bombykol, a chemical released by female silkworm moths ...

A thermoelectric film can harvest enough energy from the tiny temperature difference between skin and air to light an LED, ...

Donating your body to medical science means it is used to benefit medical teaching and research. Donor bodies are used to ...