The body has a network of daily (circadian) clocks that influences most areas of our health, including sleep and metabolism.

A new study suggests that even single-celled organisms, like amoebae, and individual cells within the human body, might be ...

In some cases, however, brains outlast all other soft tissues and remain intact for hundreds or thousands of years.

It’s one of the most enduring questions that we humans have been asking ourselves throughout the ages: What makes for a happy ...

US-China researchers have uncovered a surprising evolutionary trend in horned dinosaurs by examining their fossilized skulls.

Most people who lose weight through dieting will see it creep back up, leading to a cycle of "yo-yo dieting" that's hard on ...

Ethics experts say Canadians should think twice about becoming research participants, because the federal body that holds ...

A new study reveals that modern humans, Neanderthals, and other relatives evolved larger brains through gradual changes within each species, overturning the idea of sudden leaps in brain size.

115 x 86 cm. (45.3 x 33.9 in.) ...

A European team of medical researchers has found that tiny bits of plastic smaller than 0.0001 millimetres are getting into human bodies and adding to the increasing ineffectiveness of many ...

A “major milestone” has been reached in the goal of mapping all the cells in the human body, researchers say. It is hoped ...

Unlike regenerating animals that restore parts in proportion to what remains, the sea anemone restores its entire body to ...