A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China.

The lateral femoral cutaneous nerve is a branch of the lumbar plexus, exiting the spinal cord between the L2 and L3 vertebrae. It emerges at the lateral edge of the psoas muscle group, below the ...

Learn all about the human body's many systems and some of its individual organs, both vital and vestigial. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Could body posture during sleep affect how your brain clears waste? Date: August 4, 2015 Source: Stony Brook University Summary: Sleeping in the side position, as compared to on one’s back or ...

This 30-minute vinyasa flow yoga class is all about building strength and flexibility through the side body. With a creative sequence of lateral stretches, core activations, and balancing ...

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.

Ampullary organs are involved in electroreception, but whether these are derived from placodes, thickened ectoderm, is unclear. In this study, the ampullary organs of the primitive ray-finned fish ...

We have a lateral view that is unimpeded by the skull (Image: Alix Minde/Corbis) Among primates, humans are the kings of lateral thinking – and also of lateral vision. It seems that the ...

By body type, the lower body segment accounted for highest share in the lateral fitness equipment market growth in 2019, and is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.1% from 2020 to 2027.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Midway through her new drama The Human Body, playwright Lucy Kirkwood impishly introduces the kind of play ...