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What's one thing that you wish everyone knew about how the human body works?

As plans for missions to Mars accelerate, so do questions about how the human body might cope. A return trip to the red planet would give more than enough time for someone to become pregnant and even give birth. But could a pregnancy be conceived and carried safely in space?…

How much can the human body stretch, bend, or… store?

Medical experts share random human body misconceptions their patients have had, and some stories will definitely make you want to raise your eyebrows.

How much do you know about your skeleton and nervous system? Here are some of the craziest facts about the human body that you might have never heard before!

Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg is a leading figure in body horror, a film genre that explores disturbing and often grotesque aspects of the human body. Films such as The Fly (1986), eXistenZ (1999) and Crimes of the Future (2022) depict scenes of physical mutilation, illness and technological invasion to represent…

Do you think you have what it takes to be a surgeon?

The human chin has long been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the 4 billion years of our history.

Why do our knees start giving out before we even hit 40?

With works by Alice Adams, Eva Hesse and Louise Bourgeois, this exhibition revisits a 1966 show of pieces delving into the psychosexual and the human body