Ever looked in the mirror and wondered what incredible, and sometimes unsettling, secrets your own body might be holding?

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

As much as we would like to, we don't have all the answers.

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

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Muscles make up nearly 40% of the human body and power every move we make, from a child's first steps to recovery after injury. For some, however, muscle development goes awry, leading to weakness, ...

The human body is extraordinarily complex, with several openings and a few exits. But exactly how many holes does each person have? It sounds like a simple enough question to answer — list the ...

Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new ...

A newly developed imaging method blends ultrasound and photoacoustics to capture both tissue structure and blood-vessel function in 3D.

I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early 2000s. The city sits on the plain, skyscrapers rising and buildings extending ...