"This fundamentally changes how we think about the evolution of complex nervous systems," said biologist Jack Ullrich-Lüter.

Human Buddy is a new animated show that explores the wonders of the human body in a fun and entertaining style. This series ...

Quiet decisions made years earlier are now reshaping medical training, as the most intimate gift becomes a public service. Across Northern Ireland, people ...

A quiet decision made in living rooms across Northern Ireland is reshaping how tomorrow’s doctors train, and how families grieve. Queen’s University ...

The glomerulus and Bowman's capsule work in tandem to filter blood and produce filtrate, which is the precursor to urine.

The phrase "drag each label to the location of each structure described" immediately conjures an image of interactive ...

Our understanding of medical science evolved from an oftentimes dark and disturbed underbelly of graverobbing, mutilation, and mistakes despite having good intentions. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was ...

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and ...

As a kid of the 1970s, Mary Roach sat in front of the TV watching “The Six Million Dollar Man” promise a techno-rebirth. “We can rebuild him,” the narrator intoned. “Better than he was before. Better.

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, ...