Hunter gatherers average 75 minutes of hard activity a day with no sets or reps. What the body was built for, what the gym replaces, and how to train for both.

For most of human history, the inner workings of the human body were a secret. Over the last few centuries, the invention of the microscope and other scientific techniques allowed scientists to learn ...

Space is a hostile environment for humans. While we are able to survive in microgravity for extended periods, the longer we ...

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 ...

From 17 September to 17 December 2026, BODIES Evolution, one of the world’s best-known educational exhibitions dedicated to the human body, is on display at Teika Plaza (Brīvības gatve 201, Riga).

Researchers with the global Human Cell Atlas (HCA) consortium report significant progress in their quest for a better understanding of the cells of the human body in health and disease, with the ...

Leaf through a textbook, watch a wellness influencer, or listen in at the gym, and it can feel as though the human body has already been mapped to exhaustion. Every muscle named, every nerve traced.

Your anatomy operates like a machine, it's success hinging on the work of over 70 organs, each with a unique function. From the heart's blood-pumping ability to the liver's filtering power, each ...

You should wear a hat in winter weather, but not because you lose most of your body heat through your head. Let’s debunk that and other myths about the human body. 1. Misconception: You lose most of ...

Watch our hands-on experiment showing how energy can be generated using a graphite core, magnesium, and the human body. We test powering a small watch and explore the principles of galvanic reactions ...

In a recent study published in the journal PNAS, researchers examined the relationship between cell size and count across the human body, establishing a quantitative framework and uncovering ...