If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

A new imaging breakthrough combines ultrasound and light-based techniques to generate vivid 3D images that show both tissue ...

You don't have to be a genius: anemones have been using human genes to form their bodies for 600 million years.

New research suggests that long-standing assumptions about sex and gender continue to shape how studies are designed, interpreted, and reported.

Microplastics have also been found in drinking water, salt, rice, honey and powdered supplements. They leach from teabags and ...

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new framework for scientists detecting and measuring microplastics in the human ...

Some people say that today there are almost no "blank spots" left on our planet - that is, places completely unexplored by humans. And therefore, supposedly, life today has become more boring than, ...

Science is advancing our understanding of the human body (photo taken at the Wellcome Centre, London) —Image by © Tim Sandle Science is advancing our understanding ...

Tiny robots small enough to slip through blood vessels are moving from speculative fiction into the medical lab, promising treatments that work from the inside out. Instead of relying on scalpels and ...

SD: Yeah. And crazier still the person who actually survived a 53 degree body temp was only a toddler. AC: Oh my God. As the parent of a toddler, I feel terrible for those poor parents. How on earth ...

Putting people into sleep mode is a sci-fi concept that's a lot closer to becoming real than you might think. Erin Belback is part of an ongoing human trial backed by NASA that aims to replicate the ...