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

Explore the fascinating world of the human body in this animated science video. Discover various human body parts and their ...

Ordinary human cells, not just neurons, respond more strongly to memory signals when they arrive in spaced bursts rather than ...

Stepping on a Lego or cutting your finger causes pain, but they aren't the only body parts sensitive to touch. In fact, one ...

Rachel Feltman: For Scientific American’s Science Quickly, I’m Rachel Feltman. Humans have been trying to replace ailing parts of our bodies for thousands of years, turning to prosthetic limbs, ...

Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario ...

Madeline Lancaster created the first brain organoids, which have revolutionised our understanding of how the brain works - ...

Author Wasim Said lived through two years of Israel's genocide of Palestinians, collecting reports of atrocities he ...

In 1957, Ed Gein admitted killing a Wisconsin woman and digging up corpses. More about the murderer at the center of Netflix's "Monster" Season 3.

Yet despite this being a universal experience, so many people carry deep shame and long-lasting psychological wounds from their “past.” In my practice, I’ve seen this unfold in one of two ways: A) We ...