Scientists in Spain have discovered that the human body senses cold in two distinct ways, depending on whether it’s felt on the skin or deep inside the organs. Different molecular sensors are ...

He would remove human remains, including organs, brains, skin, hands, faces, dissected heads, and other parts, from donated ...

The liver and the intestines stand out in human-anatomy diagrams. However, neither is the largest organ in our bodies.

In July, Andrew Ford and Catherine Mornhineway learned during a 14-week ultrasound that their unborn daughter, Haven, had ...

Discover the wonders of the human body with "Human Buddy," our new animated show. In this educational series, we explore ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: With more than 100,000 people in need of an organ transplant in the U.S. alone, scientists have turned toward perfecting human-animal chimeras as a ...

Ultra-processed food (UPF) has been linked to harm in every major organ system of the human body and poses a "seismic" threat to global health, to according to new reports. The rise in UPF, which ...

The fossil hand of Paranthropus boisei and modern neuroscience challenge the old idea that labour created the human hand. The story now points to an older source: consciousness that shaped the ...

Until recently, it was believed that pain perception was solely due to nerve endings located just below the outer layer of the skin. A study published on August 16, 2019, in the journal Science, ...

As part of its efforts to strengthen the country’s organ transplant system, the US Department of Health and Human Services says it is moving to decertify a major organ procurement organization – ...

Miniature organs have a new lifeline. Mimicking the way early human embryos grow blood vessels, scientists nudged multiple types of mini organs to sprout their own vascular networks. Also called ...