‘Headless’ human bodies could replace lab animals for scientific testing: ‘A great source of organs’

Sad sack or serious salvation? A small group of scientists is angling to replace laboratory animals with living “organ sacks” grown from human cells. R3 Bio, a billionaire-backed biotech startup, is ...

The human body isn't a masterpiece of design. It's a patchwork of evolutionary compromise

The human body is often described as a marvel of "perfect design": elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, ...

Polymers built inside the body through blood-catalyzed chemistry allow on-demand brain control

The 19th-century science fiction novel Frankenstein explores the idea of combining artificial materials with human body ...

According to science, this is what human body would have to look like to survive a car crash

Modern transport has outpaced human evolution, leaving bodies dangerously unprepared for high-speed impacts. The Graham (Meet Graham project) experiment visualises a crash-survivable human, grotesque ...

New discoveries are showing how human anatomy is far from settled

Leaf through a textbook, watch a wellness influencer, or listen in at the gym, and it can feel as though the human body has ...