Over the past 150 years, researchers have seen the average human body temperature drop by more than half a degree Fahrenheit (-0.3 °C). In a new study from the University of Michigan, scientists ...

Your gut is home to trillions of bacteria that constantly “sense” their surroundings to survive and thrive. New research shows that beneficial gut microbes, especially common Clostridia bacteria, can ...

Scientists have created a set of real -- and really tiny -- human organs on a chip, both genetically and physically linked like the human body. Columbia Engineering / SWNS The future of life-saving ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of tissues and organs, there is a hidden order that looks a lot like pure ...

Your organs are constantly talking to each other in ways we’re only beginning to understand. Tapping into these communication ...

Proteins circulating in the blood could accelerate the aging of blood vessels and increase silent cardiac risk.

I reveal the unusual organisms that were discovered living inside a human body.

Despite existing in the food safety danger zone, the living human body does not go bad. Like in a tower defense game, our body is picking off invaders on multiple fronts at all times. The mitochondria ...