A new imaging breakthrough combines ultrasound and light-based techniques to generate vivid 3D images that show both tissue ...

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...

This episode is based on the Popular Science article “The coldest body temperatures humans have survived.” Listen and follow Ask Us Anything on your favorite podcast platform: Sarah Durn: We’ve all ...

Some people say that today there are almost no "blank spots" left on our planet - that is, places completely unexplored by humans. And therefore, supposedly, life today has become more boring than, ...

It's wild to think that we've grown organs in labs, built robots that can perform surgery, and started producing mind-controlled prosthetics, but we still don't know exactly how anesthesia works, or ...

Science is advancing our understanding of the human body (photo taken at the Wellcome Centre, London) —Image by © Tim Sandle Science is advancing our understanding ...

Tiny robots small enough to slip through blood vessels are moving from speculative fiction into the medical lab, promising treatments that work from the inside out. Instead of relying on scalpels and ...

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new ...

Microplastics have also been found in drinking water, salt, rice, honey and powdered supplements. They leach from teabags and ...

Over the past few years, studies have suggested that plastic particles from bottles, food packaging and waste have been detected in human blood, lungs, placentas, arteries and even the brain. But a ...