The brains of humans and other primates are known to execute various sophisticated functions, one of which is the ...

Sea anemones may hold the key to the ancient origins of body symmetry. A study from the University of Vienna shows they use a ...

The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.

A collaborative team from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Perelman School of Medicine have unraveled ...

Human–animal chimaeras are an exciting yet challenging area of research. Human cells are coaxed to grow in animal embryos, allowing researchers to study human tissue development. But the long-term ...

In a new study published Wednesday, June 4, in PLOS Biology, researchers at France's CNRS developed a rodent version of the ...

In the summer of 2021, a team of five Chinese researchers stirred up some controversy by suggesting that an unusual skull ...

Numerous insects, including mites, lice, fleas, ticks, and bed bugs, can inhabit or visit the human body. These creatures feed on blood, skin cells, or oils, potentially causing itching ...

A former Harvard Medical School morgue manager has admitted his role in the theft and sale of human body parts — including hands, feet and heads. Cedric Lodge, 57, of Goffstown, New Hampshire ...

Over a five-year period, Cedric Lodge, 57, stole and then sold "head, brains, skins, bones, and other human remains," prosecutors ... employee accused of stealing body parts from a morgue at ...

While most hosts of the parasite can control the initial infection with few if any symptoms, Toxoplasma remains in the body for life as ... that parasites can invade human testes, but symptomatic ...