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.

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 ...

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

New research shows that people experience two major bursts of aging: one in their early 40s, and one in their mid-60s. These ...

3,000-year-old clay tablets show that some associations between emotion and parts of the body have remained the same for millennia.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...