human body

Exercise can have surprisingly transformative impacts on the brain, according to neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki. It has the power not only to boost mood and focus due to an increase in […]

“I am not sick at all but everyone around me becomes sick.”

As cells divide, they must copy all of their chromosomes once and only once, or chaos would ensue. How do they do it? Key controls happen well before replication even starts.

Don’t feel compelled to start a napping routine just yet.

Boys are four times as likely as girls to develop autism. Girls are nearly twice as likely to experience depression. The immune system may be a player in these and other brain-health disparities.

There’s an entire Universe out there. So, with all that space, all those planets, and all those chances at life, why do we all live here?

Neuroscientists think a cluster of cells in the brain that stimulate appetite could be a target for eating disorder therapies.

The Serenity Prayer is nice — until the missiles come raining down on your city.

“The only options left were experimental approaches in clinical trials.”

To advance the gender-affirming healthcare of all those who transition, we must also understand the nature and causes of those who detransition.

“Domesticated viral genes” may not be domesticated as scientists thought.

Cancer likes glucose. So take it away.

Former Yale professor Dr. Morgan Levine shares 3 ways to change your diet to extend your life.

A secret to a long, healthy life may lie in the diversity of gut viruses, which can supercharge bacterial metabolism and resist disease.

A study found that older adults who cannot balance on one foot for ten seconds have an 84% higher risk of death than those who can.

Mary Toft staged an elaborate hoax, but the pain was real.

You’ll be able to sleep through a war.

If you think you know what sex, gender, and “the right thing to do” for trans youth and adults are, be sure it agrees with actual science.

Energy balance is the greatest arbiter of weight gain. Embrace the “oinker diet.”

Is blood the key to anti-aging, or just another lucrative biotech opportunity?

Brain-computer interfaces could enable people with locked-in syndrome and other conditions to “speak.”

Science can’t stop aging, but it may be able to slow our epigenetic clocks.

Some scientists think we should allow our bodies to more harmlessly live with pathogens until they’re cleared from our systems.

It’s safe to use your face cream, as long as you aren’t eating it.

Thomas Edison was on to something…

Your chronological age and your biological age aren’t the same thing. This ex-Yale professor explains how to tell the difference.

Neuroscience is beginning to provide clues about the emergence of human consciousness.

People with aphantasia cannot conjure mental images, either original or from memory.

A recent study highlights the astounding adaptability of the human brain.

Striking differences in the composition of the gut microbiome suggest that fermented food could help those suffering from anorexia.