Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...

The placenta acts as a life-support system for your growing baby. It decides the nutrients, oxygen, and antibodies a baby should get while restricting harmful substances from passing to the baby.

The From Labs to Lives Blog provides clear, accessible explainers on everyday topics for which UC Davis has expertise. Each post is reviewed by faculty or subject-matter experts, ensuring readers get ...

Certain types of fruit and vegetables can increase the levels of harmful pesticides in your body, new research has found. Pesticides have been linked to cancer, hormone disruption, reproductive harm ...

Microplastics have completely permeated Earth's environment and our own bodies, from the top of Mount Everest to the deepest parts of the ocean to even inside our own brains. However, a meta-analysis ...

There’s a new organic compost on the market in New Jersey — human. No, this is not a scene from “The Sopranos.” Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill making New Jersey the 14th state to legalize ...

Stowaways hiding in wheel wells is a rare occurrence, and survival is even more uncommon. A dead body was found in the landing gear of an American Airlines plane at Charlotte airport The Boeing ...

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Ky. (WKRC) - Human remains were found in a wooded area of Campbell County on Wednesday. According to the Bellevue Police Department, officers responded to the woods between Kroger and ...

Human remains found in a field have been confirmed as that of missing woman Julie Buckley - last seen alive eight months ago. Karl Hutchings, 48, pleaded guilty at Cambridge Crown Court last week to ...