Human Body

Finding may overturn previous notions about human ancestors' diets.

Acoustical analysis reveals the anatomy behind the fascinating array of sounds people can make.

'Virtual biopsy' technique may help assess effectiveness of skin products.

Alzheimer's disease may cause early destruction of 'grid cells' for navigation.

Mobile devices gather piles of data that you may actually find helpful.

Tuberculosis-like bacteria survive when not producing a certain protein, in seemingly random pulses.

Innovative imaging technique reveals similarities between high and more common notes.

Molecule changes the mechanical energy of sound to the electric energy of the brain.

A low-temperature 'plasma blowtorch' triggers death of diseased cells.

Discovery answers a decades-old biochemistry question about vision.

Beginning October 8, Inside Science News Service (insidescience.org) will release the first of several stories as part of extensive Nobel Prize coverage.

A magnet is suspended in midair using a high temperature superconductor.