Metabolism researcher Herman Pontzer explains why weight loss has little to do with workouts, how evolution has shaped our bodies, and why growth charts can get health all wrong.

The selected device will fly to the International Space Station in 2027 to provide crucial medical capabilities currently ...

New research suggests that Homo floresiensis’ short stature is probably the result of a type of dwarfism that occurs in ...

We are living in an era of “discoveries that feel at once wondrous, improbable, and surreal,” writes Mary Roach in her new book.

As someone who is alive today because of an organ donation, I was alarmed by the news that Donate Life America, a nonprofit that oversees a national registry of organ donors, saw a 700% increase in ...

Traditional animal models and simplified cell cultures often fail to capture human biology, limiting progress in biomedical research and drug development. Emerging microfluidic "Organ-on-Chip" ...

In the largest study of its kind, scientists have accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and ...

Some biohackers dream of a future where organ transplants help humans achieve immortality. But scientists say there are still major hurdles—for one, we can't yet transplant the human brain. A kidney ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were caught on a hot mic Wednesday discussing how organ transplant technology could allow for longer lives and perhaps immortality.

Russian president Vladimir Putin was caught chatting with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping — about the light topic of organ transplants, and how they could let “us live younger and younger, and ...

Scientists announced this week that they have managed to keep a genetically modified pig lung alive inside a human body—although briefly—for the first time. The lung survived for nine days, marking ...