For the first time, clumps of human cells called organoids were fully integrated with the brains of rats—and influenced their ...

You don't have to be a genius: anemones have been using human genes to form their bodies for 600 million years.

Many new parents struggle with their body image after birth, but what you wear can make a difference, too. Here, several ...

AlphaGenome is a leap forward in the ability to study the human blueprint. But the fine workings of our DNA are still largely ...

Researchers now suggest that the human brain goes through five distinct phases of development over the course of a lifetime.

The human brain's soft folds and ridges, arising in early development and continuing through the first 18 months of life, are ...

What we are seeing in that police car is a human body in distress. ... If we want to understand that night, we have to ...

Who are you? What’s going on deep inside yourself? How do you understand your own mind? The ancient sages had big debates ...

Even if you think you learned everything that you needed to know way back in biology class, everyone has knowledge gaps. And often you’re not even aware that they exist. There are tons of things we ...

Compared to other primates, humans have remarkably large brains relative to their body sizes. The resultant high demands for glucose may have been supported by changes in the gut microbiota, which can ...

Globally, the pharma industry invests over $200 billion annually in developing molecules that act on the body. Meanwhile, a very sophisticated and much less expensive drug delivery system remains ...

Taking an ADHD medication produces brain patterns nearly identical to those of getting a good night’s rest, according to the largest brain imaging study of stimulant drugs ever conducted. The finding ...