Microplastics have also been found in drinking water, salt, rice, honey and powdered supplements. They leach from teabags and ...

A new imaging breakthrough combines ultrasound and light-based techniques to generate vivid 3D images that show both tissue ...

New research suggests that long-standing assumptions about sex and gender continue to shape how studies are designed, interpreted, and reported.

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Ever looked in the mirror and wondered what incredible, and sometimes unsettling, secrets your own body might be holding?

An international team of researchers, led by the University of Queensland and Imperial College London, has proposed a new framework for scientists detecting and measuring microplastics in the human ...

You don't have to be a genius: anemones have been using human genes to form their bodies for 600 million years.

A newly developed imaging method blends ultrasound and photoacoustics to capture both tissue structure and blood-vessel function in 3D.

Microplastics are often named as a major polluter of both the planet and our bodies, but what does the actual science say?

This episode is based on the Popular Science article “The coldest body temperatures humans have survived.” Listen and follow Ask Us Anything on your favorite podcast platform: Sarah Durn: We’ve all ...

Putting people into sleep mode is a sci-fi concept that's a lot closer to becoming real than you might think. Erin Belback is part of an ongoing human trial backed by NASA that aims to replicate the ...