In “Replaceable You,” Mary Roach describes mind-boggling efforts to replace human body parts—and why it’s proven to be so ...

With just 2 simple steps and about 3 minutes, you have completed a simple, lovely heart ring. Materials I used: Soft copper ...

When astronomers first started finding “odd radio circles,” or ORCs, they were baffled. These faint, ghostly rings of radio ...

Science writer Mary Roach is fascinated by the human body, especially, she says, the "gooey bits and pieces of us that are performing miracles on a daily basis." Take the human heart, for instance. If ...

Late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) is the most common form of dementia, with symptoms appearing after age 65. Since carriers of clusterin risk alleles have an increased likelihood of developing ...

3 Saint Bartholomew’s Hospital Barts Heart Centre, London, UK Electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) is a non-invasive technique that combines patient-specific cardiac anatomy with numerous body-surface ...

Despite clinical and scientific advancements, heart failure is the major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Both mitochondrial dysfunction and inflammation contribute to the development and ...

Sandra Oh and Ellen Pompeo in the ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ season 10 finale, ‘Fear (of the Unknown)’ From left: T.R. Knight, Katherine Heigl, Sandra Oh and Ellen Pompeo in the season 1 ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ ...

One halcyon spring day in 1903, the 69-year-old anatomist and naturalist Dr. James Bell Pettigrew sat at the top of a sloping street on the outskirts of St. Andrews, Scotland, perched inside a ...