Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin recently received support from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to ...

One strange phenomenon that’s gaining doctors’ attention is the way in which organ transplants can change your personality. A ...

Some people believe we know everything about such thing as our body, since we study biology at school, read books, and watch ...

Some people say that today there are almost no "blank spots" left on our planet - that is, places completely unexplored by ...

Step inside the Soft Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich, and you find yourself in a space that is part children's nursery, part ...

There have been many character deaths on Grey's Anatomy, but this one was particularly hard to deal with for the show's ...

Human anatomy reflects millions of years of adaptation, and not all of it is efficient by modern standards. Some structures ...

While we share bones, joints, and internal plumbing with the rest of the animal kingdom, one tiny facial feature is uniquely ours. Scientists are still baffled by why the human chin exists at all.

The State Department’s next human rights report will move away from calling out the persecution of marginalized groups such as women, ethnic and racial minorities, people with disabilities and the ...

A team of doctors at NYU Langone transplanted a pig kidney into a brain-dead patient and reversed its rejection twice during the 61-day study. Joe Carrotta / NYU Langone Facing a shortage of organs ...

The patient is an older adult with underlying health conditions. A Washington state resident has tested positive for bird flu, marking the first human case confirmed in the U.S. in nine months. The ...

Following an appeal by 49 rights groups, a cross-regional group of states requested an urgent United Nations Human Rights Council session on atrocities in North Darfur’s capital, El Fasher, in Sudan.