A cavity in the middle of the rockhead poacher’s skull might be used like a maraca to produce sound, new research suggests.

With pull-ups, our upper backs, shoulders, arms, glutes and thighs all get a workout. They’re also among the best ways to ...

Scientists confirm that your mileage may vary in how you respond to workouts, but everyone benefits in the end.

It’s been 25 years since I last did a Pilates class, and now I’m remembering why I strayed for so long. The movements are ...

How long does it take to build muscle is not, of course, a question with a simple answer, despite what the TikToks or Reels promising to unlock the one thing you need to get big might suggest. In fact ...

It was 2012 when Love Dalén, a paleogeneticist at Stockholm University, first laid eyes upon a special specimen on a lab table in eastern Siberia. "Our Russian collaborators said, 'Come here into this ...

You may not be able to grow bigger muscles out of thin air, but you can 3D print them in microgravity, scientists at ETH Zurich have now established. "3D printing" refers to a type of manufacturing ...

Hidden beneath all their rum-pum-pumming, woodpeckers are quietly grunt-grunt-grunting. The birds exhale with each strike, much like a tennis pro groaning through a stroke. Elaborate coordination ...

Imagine a rubber band that turns into a steel cable on command. Now imagine it’s inside a robot. That’s the basic trick of a new artificial muscle built by researchers at the Ulsan National Institute ...

Researchers in South Korea have built an artificial muscle that can lift approximately 4,000 times its own weight. They say it can be used in future humanoid robots. A key breakthrough with the muscle ...