For the first time, an ultrasound probe with the capability of imaging complete organs in four dimensions has been developed ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Scientists are mapping how the body senses internal organs. This “sixth sense” study could reveal new ways to treat chronic diseases.

Inside your body, an intricate communication network constantly monitors breathing, heart rate, digestion, and immune ...

Parasites, ranging from tapeworms to microscopic protozoa like Giardia, pose significant health threats by infesting humans ...

John D. Ratcliff was one of the most prolific magazine writers in the United States throughout the twentieth-century. He contributed more than 200 articles just to Reader’s Digest. Of those, his ...

Scientists from Scripps Research say the human body has a 'hidden sixth sense', called 'interoception'. Interoception is an ...

June 12, 2025 -- Over 100,000 Americans are waiting for life-saving kidney transplants, with 17 dying each day. Why isn’t universal donation enough? Could xenotransplantation – transplanting ...

The transplanted portion of the genetically modified pig liver was removed after 38 days, and the patient, who had advanced liver cancer and cirrhosis, died several months later. By Roni Caryn Rabin ...

Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. Six hours before she collapsed from the heat in the South Florida ...

During a recent military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin was caught on a hot mic saying to Xi Jinping, his Communist Chinese counterpart, “Human organs can be ...

Apparently, there's a new organ in the human body we never knew about before. The capabilities of the human body never cease to amaze, though you'd assume by now in the 21st century that we'd know all ...