Key Takeaways Researchers have created a video game to help elementary students learn more about anatomy The game teaches ...

From custom gene editing to a discovery that could help stop pancreatic cancer before it starts, these advances offer a ...

Inside your body, an intricate communication network constantly monitors breathing, heart rate, digestion, and immune function — a hidden “sixth sense” called interoception. Now, Nobel laureate Ardem ...

A bipartisan Michigan Senate bill package would strengthen penalties for human trafficking and allow the state to take away children from parents convicted of that crime. The provision around ...

Free Expression: Speaking on Feb. 26, 2025, two unlikely prophets of a new spirituality—co-founder of Twitter, Biz Stone, and co-founder of Pinterest, Evan Sharp—entranced an audience of ambitious ...

It seems like every week, there’s a new headline about some kind of sci-fi-esque organ transplant. Think eyeballs, 3D-printed kidneys, pig hearts. In her new book, Replaceable You: Adventures in Human ...

One of the first signs of puberty is likely to be new body odor. This is perfectly normal. Every child will have some body odor as puberty begins. This often starts as early as age 8 or 9. Pre-teens ...

Women in their 60s and 70s could theoretically one day give birth to genetically related children, according to scientists pioneering a breakthrough technique that converts DNA from skin cells into ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Numerica employees dropped off 600 pounds of hygiene products Thursday to Spokane non-profit Project Beauty Share to support the charity's first Hope 4 Kids Hygiene Drive. 4 News Now ...

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 ...

Bones that were discovered near a Washington state campground as authorities searched for a man suspected of killing his three daughters are not human remains, the FBI said Wednesday. The bones were ...

My daughter, Alice, is almost two, and quite funny. Although she can say short sentences—“I need cake!”—her humor isn’t particularly verbal. Instead, she giggles while stumbling around in grownup ...