Rather than aging being a gradual process, the human body actually experiences two dramatic bursts of aging at a molecular level, according to a new study. The study — published Aug. 14 in the journal ...

Scientists are learning what short and long-duration space missions do to human bodies. Some changes are common like a puffier face, bone loss, and less sleep. Here are nine ways the harsh conditions ...

As researchers are trying to figure out ways to slow down aging, they're also studying the human body to understand how and when aging occurs. In a breakthrough discovery, scientists from Stanford ...

One strange phenomenon that’s gaining doctors’ attention is the way in which organ transplants can change your personality. A ...

When you sit down, your body naturally folds. That folding creates compression in the skin, fat, and connective tissue around ...

The human body undergoes an assortment of changes over the course of a lifetime. Some of those changes are visible to the naked eye, but many more are not. The body’s changing needs in regard to ...

The body goes through many changes as a person ages. As people reach age 60 and beyond, they may notice changes to their joints, muscles, skin, and more. People may wonder what changes to expect as ...

The human body undergoes numerous changes throughout life, with many significant transitions occurring during the decade of the 40s. Among these changes, the decrease in digestive enzyme production ...

The alarm rings at 6 a.m. and you struggle to wake despite getting eight hours of sleep, a scenario your body knows all too well as winter deepens. This seasonal lethargy isn’t simply psychological ...

Humans are hoping to colonize Mars in the near future, with NASA aiming to reach the Red Planet by 2040. But what will the long-haul space missions needed to get there do to the human body? Our ...

A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...