As India prepares to receive its first astronaut, who is returning from the International Space Station, the spotlight turns ...

Research on the ISS helped scientists tackle problems we can’t solve on Earth, from human biology to fire behavior and ...

Scientists found that embryonic skin cells “whisper” through faint mechanical tugs, using the same force-sensing proteins ...

But there's a problem, and a big one at that: The body naturally wants to reject any tissue it knows it didn't manufacture.

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 four billion ...

Are you looking for a hands-on way to teach your little ones about the human body? This fun Human Body Sensory Bin is a ...

An ambitious project launched in 2016 has made a dent in one of biology’s greatest challenges — with more than 3,600 researchers profiling more than 100 million cells.

In science fiction, spaceships moving at or beyond lightspeed enable all manner of universal exploration. But in Earth-bound reality, traveling at the speed of light (299,792,458 meters per second ...

Researchers found that levels of many molecules and microbes in the human body—all of which are important for healthy cellular and tissue activity—experienced big shifts around ages 44 and 60 ...

NASA has shared detailed insights on how space travel affects the human body, from radiation exposure to gravity changes.