A new study found that the threshold for human survivability during extreme heatwaves is a lot lower than previously thought.

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

The biotech revolution spent decades trying to harness power for medicine. The next chapter is harnessing it for everything ...

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

The cover of National Geographic’s March issue featured a tractor tire dangling from a thread. Not metaphorically, but literally, because the thread is spider silk — five times stronger than steel but ...

For the first time since the Apollo era, humans are preparing not just to visit the Moon, but to live and work there for ...

Experiments aboard Orion are capturing insights about astronaut health that were never recorded during the Apollo program.

Dragonflies may see the world in a way that pushes beyond human limits—and surprisingly, they do it using the same molecular trick we evolved ourselves. Scientists discovered that these insects can ...

Going by the headlines, the matter seems to be settled. El País announces that Neanderthal men "chose" sapiens women. Science ...

While the primary goal of the Artemis II mission is the ensure the Orion spacecraft is safe for humans, NASA did find time to ...

With 12 colour receptors, the mantis shrimp seems visually unmatched. But studies reveal that their visual system likely ...