Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A view of a gate to Harvard Yard on the campus of Harvard University. They bought and sold human hearts and lungs and livers and ...

Microplastics have completely permeated Earth's environment and our own bodies, from the top of Mount Everest to the deepest parts of the ocean to even inside our own brains. However, a meta-analysis ...

Researchers reviewed more than 60 studies and found evidence that plastic particles can reach bone tissue, disrupt cell function, and may interfere with skeletal growth. A review study conducted by ...

Explore 15 strange facts about the human body that sound surreal. From glowing skin to acid-proof stomachs, our biology is stranger than fiction.

Researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia and Curtin University have found that rising atmospheric carbon dioxide is leaving a measurable trace in human blood, and the shift may be ...

You can buy a human skull or any number of other human body parts with the click of a mouse.The business of buying and selling human body parts made news when a former Cumberland County man was among ...

Researchers in Sweden have engineered a cell-free cartilage scaffold that can guide the body to rebuild damaged bone. By removing the cells but preserving the structure and natural growth signals, the ...

Some of the findings from the Marmoles Cave include a tibia bone that was sharpened into a tool and a skull "cup." (all images courtesy Zita Laffranchi) A recent study analyzing hundreds of skeletal ...

It was thought that disabled people were looked down upon in the Middle Ages, but a new discovery disputes that belief. Human bones discovered by archaeologists offer a window into the lives of Middle ...

Researchers reviewed more than 60 studies and found evidence that plastic particles can reach bone tissue, disrupt cell function, and may interfere with skeletal growth. Stacey Leasca is an ...