How long can a human survive without certain organs? In this video, we explore what happens when the body loses or functions without key organs such as the appendix, spleen, kidney, stomach, or even ...

Five vital organs are essential for life, but survival is more medically complex.

Researching are throwing lots of ideas at the wall to see what sticks, but the U.S. just put some serious cash behind the ...

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 ...

Size matters” sounds like a tabloid cliché, but for evolutionary biologists the size of the human penis is truly a puzzle. Compared to other great apes, such as chimpanzees and go ...

Extreme heat may be silently accelerating biological aging in older adults, adding months to cells before disease appears.

"Size matters" sounds like a tabloid cliché, but for evolutionary biologists the size of the human penis is truly a puzzle.

“While the human penis functions primarily to transfer sperm, our result suggests its unusual large size evolved as a sexual ornament to attract females rather than purely as a badge of status to ...

The real revelation, however, came from the men. Men considered a larger penis as an indicator of a rival with both greater ...

Nestled in the nether regions of the nasal passage is a little-known organ that sees a lot of use in other animals but seems to be useless in humans.

Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and ...

The thighs and glutes are the largest muscle groups in the human body ...