The human body has always been crowded with microscopic passengers, from bacteria to viruses and fungi. Over the past two ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy straightforward explanation. From the jut of the human chin to the curve of the outer ...

Leonardo da Vinci studied anatomy to gain a deeper knowledge of how the body worked. Leonardo da Vinci believed extensive knowledge of human anatomy was essential to depicting the human form. Since ...

The From Labs to Lives Blog connects everyday topics with UC Davis research. Each post is reviewed by our experts, ensuring you always get useful information you can trust. Because we can’t see them, ...

The artists redefining portraits of the human body for a more inclusive age. By Julia Halperin THE ARTIST PAUL Cadmus was flipping through Modern Maturity, the AARP’s official magazine, in 1991 when ...