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25 facts about your body you probably never learned in school

Stacker compiled a list of facts you may not know about 25 major organs and what do for your body. Read on to see what you ...
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Comprehensive resource describes functions of more than 20,000 human genes

A comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes has just been completed and released. Researchers used large-scale evolutionary modeling to integrate data on ...
Medical Xpress

Discovery of new fat cell subtypes in the human body could advance personalized obesity treatment

A new international study led by scientists from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has characterized the populations of fat cells in various fat tissues in the human body. Using innovative technology ...
Science Daily

A new scan lets scientists see inside the human body in 3D color

A new imaging breakthrough combines ultrasound and light-based techniques to generate vivid 3D images that show both tissue structure and blood vessel activity. Developed by researchers at Caltech and ...
The Conversation

The human body isn’t a masterpiece of design – it’s a patchwork of evolutionary compromise

The human body is often described as a marvel of “perfect design”: elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, when we look closer, a rather different picture emerges. Far from being a ...