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 ...

The human body is a truly incredible machine. It is made up of many different parts that work together every single day. Our skeleton is one of the most important parts. As an adult, you have 206 ...

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The machines aren’t just coming for your jobs. Now, they want your bodies as well. That’s at least the hope of Alexander Liteplo, a software engineer and founder of RentAHuman.ai, a platform for AI ...

Lindsay Curtis is a health & medical writer in South Florida. She worked as a communications professional for health nonprofits and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of ...

The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, while staged as a play, is more of an artistic poetic reading. Lisa B. Thompson’s brief 80-minute work, currently on stage at The Black Rep, examines the ...

What we breathe out becomes fuel for forests. But inside our own bodies, CO₂ has a secret life. It sparks chemical reactions, shapes metabolism, and may even act as a signaling molecule—and a new tool ...

Triceratops’ massive head may have been doing more than just showing off those famous horns. Using CT scans and 3D reconstructions of fossil skulls, researchers uncovered a surprisingly complex nasal ...

Your skin protects you from germs and cushions organs with fat in the hypodermis layer. It also helps guard deeper tissue from ultraviolet (UV) damage with melanin. Skin helps control body temperature ...

A new online platform has sparked debate by turning the traditional relationship between humans and computers on its head. The website, Rentahuman.ai, allows autonomous AI agents to hire real people ...