The Oscar-winning actress talks to the contemporary artist about her major new exhibition at London's National Portrait ...

Human testicles are much smaller, in proportion, to some of our primate cousins. Evolution can tell us why. But the size of ...

The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, ...

A third shape hidden in the infamous Vitruvian Man drawing suggests an even deeper understanding of human anatomy than ...

In the book “Cursed,” the Brooklyn-based photographer and director Charlie Engman intentionally leans into the strangeness of AI photographs, generating eerie images that feel set in the real ...

Events A new exhibit featuring preserved human bodies is making its North American debut in Boston "Body Worlds: Anatomy of Happiness" is the latest traveling exhibit from Gunther von Hagens.

The Artists Finding New Ways to Depict the Human Body At a time of increasing anxiety about physical anatomy, figurative sculptors are breathing new life into one of the world’s oldest media.

By studying nature's intricacies—from the geometry of connective tissues to the rhythms of locomotion—she aims to create robots that are sustainable, empathetic, and deeply attuned to human needs.

A London-based dentist has uncovered a hidden detail in Leonardo da Vinci ’s famous Vitruvian Man drawing, revealing a ...

Staged at the National Portrait Gallery in London, Jenny Saville: The Anatomy of Painting marks the most extensive UK museum solo dedicated to the artist, tracing her decades-long investigation of the ...

The Italian Renaissance artist created groundbreaking depictions of humans at a time when the inner workings of the body remained a mystery.