Research shows that long-term cannabis use can change your body's epigenetic code, affecting the genes your body relies on.

Every day, your body replaces billions of cells—and yet, your tissues stay perfectly organized. How is that possible?

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Lungs are among the heaviest organs in the human body. The right lung typically weighs about 1.4 pounds (0.6 kg), while the left lung is slightly smaller and weighs approximately 1.25 pounds ...

Iceman may have come to an unfortunate end while crossing the Alps more than 5,000 years ago, but thanks to his ...

The largest muscle in the human body is the Gluteus Maximus. It is responsible for keeping your posture upright, and is the principal antigravity force working when you walk up stairs.

The Human Body Imax Production: An nWave Pictures Distribution release of a Learning Channel and BBC Worldwide presentation of a Discovery Pictures/BBB co-production in association with the ...

I've done about 15 actual human body dissections as part of my ongoing professional training as an anatomist. You can become a bit desensitised to it, although people ask, ...