Updates from the Human Microbiome Project analyse the largest known body-wide metagenomic profile of human microbiome personalization.

Bill Bryson's new book "The Body" is a tour of the fascinating and bizarre ways the human body functions.

A genetically modified pig lung remained viable and functional over a period of 9 days after being transplanted into a human ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...

Some human body parts serve no purpose despite once having a specific function among our ancestors. For example, some of them can be removed, without lowering people's quality of life.

Human Hormones and Their Functions Hormones are chemical messengers that influence various body functions, including reproduction, metabolism, and growth via signaling mechanisms.

Human anatomy, 2013. We take on the symbolism, meaning, and latest science on body parts, head to toe.

This paper considers what Fichte's conception of the human body as an instrument of perception entails for his radical principle of the primacy of practice. According to Fichte, perception is a ...

There are quite a few things that make water necessary to the human body, from cellular functions, to aiding digestion, and even improving concentration and exercise performance.