For Aristotle (384-322 BCE), all living things had a vegetative or nutritive soul; animals also had a sensitive soul; and humans, on top of that, had a rational soul. As a result, medieval theologians ...

In Your Skin #2 hits stores Wednesday. Aging Bollywood actress Ayesha Sen gets an unexpected visitor who offers her a chance ...

A new, body-wide tissue has been discovered that may provide a new pathway for the gut-brain axis. Surprisingly, it may help ...

Discover 25 More Human Body Facts That Sound Impossible! From pain-free elbows to two uteruses, explore bizarre biological ...

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 100 trillion bacteria live in the human gut, and they do not keep to themselves. As they ...

For centuries, scientists believed the human body had two major circulation systems. One was the cardiovascular system that moves blood through arteries and veins. The other was the lymphatic system ...

Some discoveries change the way we view the human body. In 2021, researchers described what they saw when they had examined skin-biopsy samples that included tattoos: The ink particles had traveled ...

"I can not allow [the boat] to enter the Canaries," says Fernando Clavijo - he is seeking an urgent meeting with the Spanish government in Madrid.

A college professor spent seven years decoding the inscription on the grave of the writer Jonathan Swift. He thinks he’s finally cracked it.

Scientists have uncovered a surprising new picture of human origins that challenges the long-held idea of a single ancestral population in Africa. By analyzing genetic data from diverse modern African ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Saturday that the Trump administration is sanctioning a senior Nicaraguan official over alleged human rights violations. Rubio said the U.S. is designating ...

The human body is often described as a marvel of “perfect design”: elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, when we look closer, a rather different picture emerges. Far from being a ...