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.

Sleep is one of the essential physiological needs for human survival, alongside food, water, and air. But sleep is socially ...

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 ...

The breakthrough approach could lead to successful, long-term organ transplants, bringing science fiction closer to becoming medical reality. Cryopreservation, the process of preserving biological ...

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 ...