Have you ever seen a close-up of someone's eyes after death? How about the aftermath of a C-section that a woman performed on ...

More explicit humour relies a lot on shocking the audience (rather than on allusion and confounding expectations) and not surprisingly usually appeals more to a younger audience. The laughter is based ...

Sometimes, a horror movie monster isn't just scary because it's threatening; sometimes, it's how surreal and weird a monster ...

One might think the work would wear on Lin, who is a father himself, but instead he’s filled with wonder at how the body can ...

Human faces are famously flatter than those of other primates. Neanderthals, by contrast, had prominent, projecting midfaces ...

The Human Organ Atlas project, an international team including ESRF staff scientist Paul Tafforeau, has used HiP-CT to scan the organs of COVID-19 victims, including their brains.

Scientists developing human–animal chimaeras grow human cells in animal embryos, with the aim of one day generating animals with human organs that can be transplanted into people.

A new documentary brings early human history to life with a "scientifically accurate" collection of hyper-real 3D models.

This geometric figure — first identified by dentist William Bonwill in 1864 — is formed by connecting the two points where ...

The Human Tissue Authority in the UK regulates post-mortems, organ donation and transplantation, as the use of human bodies for research, anatomy training, public displays, or medical treatment.

The mysterious ancient humans were only known from fossil fragments. Now, two papers argue a skull uncovered in China belongs ...

A Tucson surgeon is part of the national committee that developed standards for a new federal category of organ donation — body structures for hand and face transplants. The nerves, muscle, bone ...