A new analysis of a skeleton uncovered 50 years ago provides some of the earliest evidence of intergroup conflict between ...

The problem of using male anatomy as the default in medicine is that it doesn’t always read across to female bodies.

Anyone who has ever squirmed through a dental cleaning can tell you how sensitive teeth can be. This sensitivity gives important feedback about temperature, pressure—and yes, pain—as we bite and chew ...

On a daily basis, a radiologist in the U.S. pores over 150–200 X-rays. Their specialty is so important that researchers are ...

Sharks have been evolving for more than 450 million years, developing skeletons not from bone, but from a tough, mineralized ...