Explore 15 strange facts about the human body that sound surreal. From glowing skin to acid-proof stomachs, our biology is stranger than fiction.

Your body is with you 24/7. But how often do you actually stop to think about what it’s doing? Probably not much—and honestly ...

The human body contains a vast, complex, and interconnected web of organic tunnels and passageways that weave their way through the cardiovascular, respiratory, and digestive systems. For physicians, ...

The Human Cell Atlas is yielding detailed maps of human tissues and systems throughout life, along with methods to handle single-cell data. Four scientists reflect on how the project is transforming ...

This may not come as a surprise — if it does, apologies for blowing your mind — but humans evolved on planet Earth. As such, the human body is best adapted to the conditions on Earth's surface. This ...

Human bodies are exquisitely tuned to one world, and it is not a forgiving one. Strip away our technology and even Earth would kill us in minutes in the wrong place, yet our home planet is still the ...

In a proof-of-concept study funded by the National Institutes of Health, researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have shown that an ...