FACTS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY

2 years ago

'Some of them have accuracy that's close to zero': Experts unpack the promise and pitfalls of genetic tests aimed at consumers

1 month ago

Mineral sunscreen leaves an annoying white cast on skin - this new formula could change that

1 month ago

Sleep deprivation harms the gut via the vagus nerve, early study reveals

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Buyers guide - Best running shoes for supination 2026: Find the perfect fit for your feet - By - Harry Bullmore - Last updated - 29 March 26

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Endometriosis messes with the immune system and causes 'ripple effects across the body' -- April Rees

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A gut microbe linked to the Mediterranean diet boosts muscle strength in mice -- Kamal Nahas

2 days ago

Why does cannabis give people 'the munchies'? -- Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

2 days ago

Synesthesia isn't just in your mind. The body reacts as if the colors were real. -- Clarissa Brincat

3 days ago

Brain aging results from a loss of control over how genes are regulated, mouse study suggests -- RJ Mackenzie

4 days ago

A cross tattoo on a man's neck disappeared - killing his skin as it did so -- Sophie Berdugo

5 days ago

Could gut microbes hold the secret to aging well? A researcher unpacks the emerging science -- Bill Sullivan

24 days ago

'The limits of human longevity have still not been reached,' study suggests -- Florian Bonnet

1 month ago

Lifespan may be 50% heritable, study suggests -- Victoria Atkinson

1 month ago

Can AI detect cognitive decline better than a doctor? New study reveals surprising accuracy -- Anirban Mukhopadhyay

2 months ago

Gray hair may have evolved as a protection against cancer, study hints -- Victoria Atkinson

1 month ago

Aging and inflammation may not go hand in hand, study suggests -- Clarissa Brincat

4 months ago

'Aging clocks' can predict your risk of disease and early death. Here's what to know. -- Patrick Sullivan

7 months ago

Special protection may help human eggs stay fresh as the body ages -- Nicoletta Lanese

1 month ago

References -- Top 5 tips for surviving hay fever season -- Kat Bayly -- Published

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References -- Top 5 mistakes when using air purifiers during hay fever season -- Kat Bayly -- Published

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BUYING GUIDE -- Best air purifiers for allergies 2026: Breathe easy this Spring -- Molly Cleary -- Last updated

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New Jersey man dies from meat allergy triggered by tick bite -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

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REFERENCE -- Do air purifiers help with allergies? -- Kerry Taylor-Smith -- Last updated

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Is playing in the dirt good for kids' immune systems? -- Emily Cooke -- Last updated

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REFERENCE -- Do air purifiers help with dust? -- Katie Treharne -- Last updated

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Could allergies be 'deleted' someday? -- Rebecca Sohn -- Last updated

1 year ago

Can you really be allergic to the sun? -- Anna Gora -- Published

1 year ago

Why don't teeth count as bones? -- Marilyn Perkins -- Published

4 months ago

Human skeleton quiz: What do you know about the bones in your body? -- Kristina Killgrove -- Published

5 months ago

What's the strongest muscle in the human body? -- Clarissa Brincat -- Last updated

5 months ago

Staring at the March 29 solar eclipse can cause eye damage in seconds - and you won't even feel it happening -- Emily Cooke -- Published

5 months ago

New cells discovered in eye could help restore vision, scientists say -- Emily Cooke -- Published

5 months ago

Scientists describe new type of fat in human bellies -- Marianne Guenot -- Published

5 months ago

'Vestigial' human ear-wiggling muscle actually flexes when we're straining to hear -- Clarissa Brincat -- Published

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How many more calories does muscle burn than fat? -- Kamal Nahas -- Published

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Scientists discover new kind of cartilage that looks like fat-filled 'Bubble Wrap' -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

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BUYING GUIDE -- Best running watches 2026: Premium picks and budget buys -- Lloyd Coombes -- Last updated

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Buying Guide -- Best Garmin watches 2026: From fitness bands to adventure smartwatches -- Andrew Williams -- Last updated

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Buying guides -- Best fitness trackers for beginners 2025: From Apple Watch to Garmin Forerunner 165 -- Lloyd Coombes -- Last updated

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Buying Guide -- Best fitness trackers 2026: From smart rings to multisport GPS watches -- Andrew Williams -- Last updated

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Buying Guide -- Best budget fitness trackers 2026: Cheap but mighty -- Maddy Biddulph -- Last updated

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Reviews -- Amazfit Active Max review: The best budget smartwatch of 2026? -- Anna Gora -- Published

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Buying guides -- What to buy as a beginner runner: Must-haves vs non-essentials -- Kate Carter -- Published

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Buying guides -- Best Garmin smartwatches for runners 2026, tried and tested -- Andrew Williams -- Published

1 month ago

Liquid-nitrogen-infused cocktail popped a man's stomach like a balloon -- Kamal Nahas -- Published

1 month ago

Is there such a thing as 'too much' protein? -- Christoph Schwaiger -- Published

2 months ago

New US food pyramid recommends very high protein diet, beef tallow as healthy fat option, and full-fat dairy -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

2 months ago

An otherwise 'fit' man had a stroke after drinking 8 'high-potency' energy drinks a day -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

3 months ago

A woman's homemade juice led to life-threatening 'toxic squash syndrome' -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

4 months ago

A toxicologist explains when you can safely cut the moldy part off food, and when it's best to toss it -- Brad Reisfeld -- Published

4 months ago

FDA recalls more bagged, frozen shrimp over possible radioactive cesium contamination -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Last updated

7 months ago

Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with dangerous 'bromism' syndrome -- Nicoletta Lanese -- Published

7 months ago

A doctor discovered the gene mutation behind his family's mysterious missing-teeth condition -- Kamal Nahas

26 days ago

'It doesn't lie. So who are you?': What happens when DNA tests show a woman is not the mother of the child she gave birth to? -- Lise Barneoud

1 month ago

Emerging embryo-selection technologies are currently 'little more than snake oil.' But someday, they could widen social inequities. -- Daphne O. Martschenko

1 month ago

New tech allows parents to 'score' IVF embryos for desirable traits - and it's in desperate need of regulation -- Sam Trejo

1 month ago

Many men lose their Y chromosomes as they age. It may shorten their lives. -- Jenny Graves

1 month ago

Science history: 'Father of modern genetics' describes his experiments with pea plants - and proves that heredity is transmitted in discrete units - Feb. 8, 1865 -- Tia Ghose

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These genes were thought to lead to blindness 100% of the time. They don't. -- Stephanie Pappas

2 months ago

DNA from ancient viral infections helps embryos develop, mouse study reveals -- Clarissa Brincat

2 months ago

'Night owls' may have worse heart health - but why? -- Isha Ishtiaq

1 month ago

Man's autopsy reveals unexpected 'boomerang-shaped' structure in his heart -- Lauren Schneider

1 month ago

Men develop cardiovascular disease 7 years before women -- Clarissa Brincat

1 month ago

People with more 'brown fat' have healthier cardiovascular systems. A new study in mice may explain why. -- Zunnash Khan

2 months ago

This 'marker' may be more predictive than cholesterol for heart disease -- Mary J. Scourboutakos

1 month ago

INTERVIEW - Scientists are developing a 'self-driving' device that helps patients recover from heart attacks - By - Nicoletta Lanese - Published - 30 December 25

18 days ago

Heart attacks are less harmful at night. And that might be key to treating them. -- Zunnash Khan

1 month ago

Heart quiz: What do you know about the body's hardest-working muscle? -- Marilyn Perkins

1 month ago

Gum disease treatment slows the thickening of arteries, clinical trial shows -- Sophie Berdugo

1 month ago

An experimental mRNA treatment counters immune cell aging in mice -- Nicoletta Lanese

2 months ago

Insomnia and anxiety come with a weaker immune system - a new study starts to unravel why -- Kamal Nahas

1 month ago

Mitochondria aren't only the 'powerhouses of cells' - they also battle germs -- Andrew Monteith

8 months ago

Twin study reveals signs of MS that might be detectable before symptoms -- Michael Schubert

1 year ago

Scientist who discovered body's 'fire alarm' against invading bacteria wins $250,000 Lasker prize -- Nicoletta Lanese

1 year ago

Why are some people's mosquito bites itchier than others'? New study hints at answer -- Michael Schubert

1 year ago

Scientists breed most human-like mice yet -- Emily Cooke

1 year ago

Master regulator of inflammation found - and it's in the brain stem -- Emily Cooke

1 year ago

INTERVIEW - 'It could revolutionize, completely, the way we treat depression': Researchers are exploring promising immune therapy for treating psychiatric symptoms - By - Nicoletta Lanese - Published - 7 March 26

18 days ago

'Universal' nasal-spray vaccine protects against viruses, bacteria and allergens in mice -- Nicoletta Lanese

1 month ago

Needle-free insulin? Scientists invent gel that delivers insulin through the skin in animal studies -- Sayan Tribedi

1 month ago

IVF hormones could be delivered with painless 'microneedle' patch someday, early study hints -- Theresa Sullivan Barger

2 months ago

Antibiotic resistance is the 'silent pandemic' - here are four steps to stop it -- Andre O. Hudson

2 months ago

Wegovy now comes in pill form - here's how it works -- Clarissa Brincat

2 months ago

Metal compounds identified as potential new antibiotics, thanks to robots doing 'click chemistry' -- Victoria Atkinson

2 months ago

US government overhauls the childhood vaccine schedule in unprecedented move -- Nicoletta Lanese

2 months ago

New drug could prevent diabetes complications not fixed with blood sugar control, study hints -- Nicoletta Lanese

4 months ago

INTERVIEW - The 'sweet spot' of overconfidence - project a bit to be perceived as competent, but don't be 'too seduced,' a cognitive neuroscientist explains in a Q&A - By - Tim Vernimmen - Published - 1 March 26

18 days ago

Psychedelics may rewire the brain to treat PTSD. Scientists are finally beginning to understand how. -- Jane Palmer

1 month ago

'Pain sponge' derived from stem cells could soak up pain signals before they reach the brain -- Payal Dhar

2 months ago

'Zombie' cells may drive common form of epilepsy -- RJ Mackenzie

2 months ago

A man's sudden seizures were set off by sudoku -- Sophie Berdugo

2 months ago

'Mitochondrial transfer' into nerves could relieve chronic pain, early study hints -- Nicoletta Lanese

2 months ago

Neuroscience word search - Find all the parts of the brain -- Nicoletta Lanese

3 months ago

Tiny implant 'speaks' to the brain with LED light -- Payal Dhar

3 months ago

Brain scans reveal 'dial' that helps keep us from getting lost -- RJ Mackenzie

3 months ago

Woman born without a vagina or cervix went on to conceive a son naturally -- Lauren Schneider

19 days ago

COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy may cut risk of preeclampsia -- Gabriela Galvin

1 month ago

How menopause affects the brain - and what we still don't know -- Barbara Jacquelyn Sahakian

1 month ago

In a first, study links maternal genes to risk of pregnancy loss -- Zoe Cunniffe

1 month ago

Risk of death from pregnancy in the US is 44 times higher than that from abortion, new analysis reveals -- Marianne Guenot

1 month ago

'Unprecedented': Woman delivers full-term abdominal pregnancy while also having 22-pound cyst removed -- Nicoletta Lanese

3 months ago

Could aging eggs be 'rejuvenated'? New tool may help pave the way to fertility-extending treatments -- Nicoletta Lanese

1 month ago

Study links GLP-1 use to some pregnancy risks - but the research has key caveats -- Nicoletta Lanese

4 months ago

How long can human sperm survive? -- Emma Bryce

1 month ago

Do animals have orgasms? -- Elana Spivack

1 month ago

Do sperm really race to the egg? -- Ashley Hamer

1 month ago

Sex leaves 'microbial traces' on genitalia, even when a condom is used - scientists call it the 'sexome' -- Emily Cooke

1 month ago

Scientists made mice with Y chromosomes female by deleting just 6 tiny molecules -- Sahana Sitaraman

1 month ago

Man's years of premature ejaculation had a rare cause -- Nicoletta Lanese

1 month ago

Viagra alternatives? Study of mouse erections hints at new ways to treat erectile dysfunction -- Nicoletta Lanese

1 month ago

Erectile dysfunction risk may rise on lengthy space missions, rat study reveals -- Emily Cooke

1 month ago

'Sex drive switch' discovered in male mouse brain that kicks their libido into overdrive -- Emily Cooke

1 month ago

In people with epilepsy, sleeping after a seizure may trigger more seizures -- Kamal Nahas

20 days ago

Are you a night owl or an early bird? -- Nicoletta Lanese

1 month ago

Scientists infiltrated volunteers' dreams to boost their creative thinking -- RJ Mackenzie

1 month ago

Do your dreams change as you age? -- Abby Wilson

4 months ago

Study reveals why the brain 'zones out' when you're exhausted -- Sophie Berdugo

1 month ago

'DST just seems so pointless': Poll reveals most Live Science readers want to eliminate daylight saving time -- Sophie Berdugo

1 month ago

Do people dream in color or black and white? -- Abby Wilson

1 month ago

Would you get rid of daylight saving time? -- Sophie Berdugo

1 month ago

'The ban assumed the danger was making pigs too human': Why human organs aren't grown in pigs in the US -- Monika Piotrowska

1 month ago

Scientists develop 'glue gun' that 3D prints bone grafts directly onto fractures -- Kristina Killgrove

1 month ago

Early test of new laser-free eye treatment shows promise -- Olivia Ferrari

1 month ago

First-ever pig-to-human lung transplant attempted in brain-dead person in China -- Nicoletta Lanese

1 month ago

Are women less sensitive to anesthesia than men? -- Sahas Mehra

1 month ago

In 'extremely rare' case, Michigan resident dies from rabies after receiving transplanted kidney carrying the virus -- Jess Thomson

1 month ago

Opinion - I was at ground zero for the AIDS epidemic. RFK's cuts could fuel a new pandemic, just when elimination seemed within reach. By - Charles LeBaron - Published - 20 March 26

5 days ago

Colorectal cancer is now the most common cause of cancer deaths in the US for people under 50 -- Sophie Berdugo

13 days ago

Measles' resurgence in the US is a grim sign of what's coming -- Jennifer B. Nuzzo

15 days ago

Single protein could dramatically alter trajectory of Alzheimer's disease -- RJ Mackenzie

19 days ago

A parasite never before seen in humans was behind a woman's lung infection, organ damage and forgetfulness -- Mindy Weisberger

1 month ago

Obesity is linked to 1 in 10 deaths from infection worldwide - and scientists are still learning why -- Stephanie Pappas

1 month ago

Diagnostic dilemma: 83-year-old man's unusual form of syphilis had an 'uncertain' source -- Sophie Berdugo

1 month ago

Viruses in the gut may help prevent blood sugar spikes, mouse study hints -- Sahana Sitaraman

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1 year ago

A gene carried by 99% of humanity raises Alzheimer's risk dramatically. Could gene therapy correct it? -- RJ Mackenzie

9 days ago