Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy ...

Anatomy is the branch of biology that deals with the study of the body structure of living organisms. When we say Human Anatomy, it is the study of the human body structure. In this article, we will ...

Does the human body contain any truly useless parts? Arguably, yes — but they might not be the ones you assume. Some body parts, like the male nipple, arguably serve no useful function. But others, ...

Humans are complex organisms made up of trillions of cells, each with their own structure and function. Scientists have come a long way in estimating the number of cells in the average human body.

Infection: Illustration of a phage virus injecting its DNA into a cell. (Courtesy: Alex Evilevitch and Ting Liu) A series of neutron scattering measurements has uncovered the structure of viral DNA in ...