New research suggests that most of the atoms within the human body likely spent part of their lives drifting beyond the Milky ...

Carbon, which is found in the human body, takes an unusual journey after the demise of the the stars that create the element.

Morbid as it is to tconsider what happens after you die, there's always the possibility of donating your body to science. But ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer New research shows that people experience two major bursts of aging: one in their early ...

From periods of rapid aging in our 40s and 60s to ancient brains that don’t decompose, here are some of the year’s most intriguing stories about human biology ...

In science fiction, spaceships moving at or beyond ... it would simply take far too much fuel and energy to propel any human-bearing spacecraft up to that speed. By Kortemeyer’s calculations ...

New research uses 3D modeling to reconstruct Lucy's running style, revealing surprising insights into the evolution of human ...

Researchers have discovered a way to control human body temperature, mimicking the hibernation process of animals like bears.

We have trillions of body clocks — a central one in the brain and others in each cell of our body. Here's how they work with ...

Chinese scientists discover that lithocholic acid, a naturally produced bile, has anti-aging effects similar to those ...

Professor Zhi-Gang Chen, whose team's new research was published in the journal Science, said the breakthrough ... temperature difference between the human body and surrounding air into ...

That energy source, the researchers argue in a study published today in Science, could then be used ... devices can essentially turn the human body into a mini geo-thermal reactor to power wearbels.