If you want to understand what an anatomical structure does, you need to know more than just its location. You also need to comprehend its layers and ...

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I'm going to be straight with you: there are a lot of pee jokes I could have slipped into this post, but being the upstanding person I am (and having ...

The heart is a bit ubiquitous. While it's responsible for keeping your body in perfectly oxygenated condition, it's also commonly used as a metaphor ...

The brain is an insanely complex organ. It's the reason you're you. And as I type this, it occurs to me that this post is basically an ...

Once upon a time, I almost died. I was two years old and at my grandmother’s house, where my cousins were having a blast trying to find the plastic ...

As I get older, I try to be conscientious of what I eat, but the problem is that I'm always craving mac & cheese and there's nothing I can do ...

For all we talk about taking care of our organs, we always seem to leave out one of the most important and obvious. The integumentary system—which is ...

Today’s post is coming all the way from Canada’s western-most province. Blythe Nilson, Associate Professor in the Biology Department at the ...

What is your earliest memory? Mine is the sound of my older brother Steve muttering, "I don't know why you're laughing, we're going to get in ...