Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy ...

RICHMOND, Va. — "BODY WORLDS: The Anatomy of Happiness," which is now open at the Science Museum of Virginia, explores how contentment impacts the human body. "Happiness is not just mental health.

An organ is a group of tissues that work together to perform a specific task in the body, such as digesting nutrients or producing chemical messengers that enable brain cells to communicate. Although ...

A recent review explored the evolution of visual arts in cardiovascular medicine over time, the understanding, diagnosis, and ...

Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power, each ...

A popular image shared by science-focused social media accounts is that of an image labeled as some variation on "the complete human nervous system dissection" or "a fully dissected nervous system." ...