The Ship of Theseus thought experiment is used to question whether something can remain the same when every physical part has been replaced, and what that implies about human identity over time. Obama ...

Every pregnancy depends on an organ that most people will never see. As organs go, the placenta — the tissue that surrounds a developing fetus — is a jack of all trades. It can filter toxins like a ...

How can I heal faster? After an injury, surgery, persistent inflammation or even an outbreak of acne, cell regeneration starts, and the body goes into repair mode. It’s a complex, energy-intensive ...

We are all told the same story as children: that we grew from a single cell into a human being. We learn that all of our trillions of cells developed from the first union of egg and sperm, and that we ...

Look, I'm going to level with you right from the start. When I first heard about Airmoto, I thought it was just another overhyped gadget trying to solve a problem that didn't really exist. You know ...

LA JOLLA, CA—When you take a drug, where in your body does it actually go? For most medications, scientists can make only educated guesses about the answer to this question. Traditional methods can ...

When you take a drug, where in your body does it actually go? For most medications, scientists can make only educated guesses about the answer to this question. Traditional methods can measure the ...

The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has taken a swipe at UK government policy as an uptick in grocery inflation prompted the industry body to up its forecast. Prices for food and soft drinks are ...

Cells bumping against one another use electricity to identify which of their neighbors has the least energy to expel them. The King's College London study in partnership with the Francis Crick ...

Electrically stimulating key cells in the immune system could "reprogram" them to reduce inflammation and encourage faster and more effective healing in the body. This is the discovery of scientists ...