The human body is a wonderous thing, especially when you consider how intricate and efficient each bodily system is. For instance, an adult’s blood vessels could encircle the earth 2.5 times if ...

Run a finger down the center of the forearm, curl the fingers, and flex the wrist. For many people, a thin cord jumps into ...

Several muscles could be called the "largest" in the body, depending on whether you're talking mass or surface area, but the body's smallest muscle has no competition. When you purchase through links ...

Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

Here's how muscle growth, or hypertrophy, works and four ways to optimize hypertrophy including nutrition and resistance ...

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The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs and ...

Most people never think twice about their ears, until they catch a strange little twitch they can't explain. It might happen ...

With prolonged space missions on the horizon, scientists are racing to understand how microgravity affects the human body and how drugs could mitigate some of those effects. When you purchase through ...