In honor of the more horrifying aspects of the mortal coil, we bring you a list of nine facts sure to disquiet.

Even if you think you learned everything that you needed to know way back in biology class, everyone has knowledge gaps. And ...

Venture just outside Leiden in the Netherlands, and you'll spot a gigantic 115-foot-tall orange human figure looming beside ...

Science writer Mary Roach is fascinated by the human body, especially, she says, the "gooey bits and pieces of us that are performing miracles on a daily basis." Take the human heart, for instance. If ...

Baba Ramdev explains why the human body is a miracle, stressing a natural diet, good sleep, yoga, pranayama, herbs, and a ...

"An exploration of the objects that scientists and tinkerers throughout history have invented to protect, repair, or improve our bodies."-- Provided by publisher ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...

The same body can look very different depending on whether you approach it as a biologist, a doctor, or a mathematician.