Have you ever wondered which part of the human body might be the strongest? Is it your neck, your chest, or maybe your legs? The answer might be far stranger than you think! Traditionally, we think ...

Many body parts can be transplanted or replaced with artificial equivalents, including corneas, livers, hearts, joints, and even entire faces. This technology will improve by leaps and bounds ...

We use our five prime senses every minute of the day. The sense of touch varies over the entire surface of the human body. The sensory "homunculus" illustrates how the areas with most sensitivity for ...

Cancer is a disease that causes abnormal cells to reproduce and spread to other parts of the body, which can result in tumors or damage to the immune system that may become fatal. Healthy cells follow ...

Dr. Jeffrey Laitman joins WIRED to break down how our organs and body parts age from head to toe. From hearing and hair loss to sagging skin and deteriorating joints, Dr. Laitman highlights the impact ...

Have you ever felt like there was a pit in your stomach? What about a flutter in your heart? It turns out that the anatomical connections we make with certain emotions and feelings — what researchers ...

In the popular childhood song, “The Skeleton Dance,” we may recall singing about different body parts being connected, such as, “The backbone’s connected to the neck bone.” However, the more abstract ...