As much as we would like to, we don't have all the answers.

New research suggests that long-standing assumptions about sex and gender continue to shape how studies are designed, interpreted, and reported.

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new framework for scientists detecting and measuring microplastics in the human ...

Microplastics have also been found in drinking water, salt, rice, honey and powdered supplements. They leach from teabags and ...

You don't have to be a genius: anemones have been using human genes to form their bodies for 600 million years.

Microplastics are often named as a major polluter of both the planet and our bodies, but what does the actual science say?

It seems like every week, there’s a new headline about some kind of sci-fi-esque organ transplant. Think eyeballs, 3D-printed kidneys, pig hearts. In her new book, Replaceable You: Adventures in Human ...

Hunger exists on a spectrum. On the one end is food insecurity, where people are forced to adjust to fewer meals. As food becomes scarce, the body consumes its own reserves. The journey from hunger to ...

Expelling toxic “forever chemicals” from the body may take guts — or at least, their microbes. Some microbes found in the human gut can absorb some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, ...

Fear has a scent. Here’s how this invisible chemical signal has shaped human perceptions, emotions and survival instincts.