“While the human penis functions primarily to transfer sperm, our result suggests its unusual large size evolved as a sexual ornament to attract females rather than purely as a badge of status to ...

Women who have frequent hot flashes can have an increased risk of heart attacks.

Over the next few days, when wind chills could drop to minus 30 or minus 40 degrees, the cold can quickly become harmful to your health.

The wrist looks simple until attention settles on a small bump along the pinky side of the human hand. Many people notice it ...

A rare Homo habilis skeleton from Kenya reveals how early humans moved, climbed, and adapted more than two million years ago.

Hummingbirds are unique among birds for numerous reasons, and that also includes their backward flying capability. Like almost every other bird specie.

For years, when the EPA assessed the economic impact of new regulations, it weighed both the health costs for Americans and ...

Quick, imagine an animal tongue. What came into your mind? The flicking forked tongue of a snake? A cow licking a block of ...

Ohio State medical students regularly in the anatomy lab, said nothing can replicate the learning experience of working ...

It's a saying Minnesotans and Wisconsinites know well: "There's no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing." The problem ...

I grew up in rural Colorado, deep in the mountains, and I can still remember the first time I visited Denver in the early ...

This age-old connection, based on the notion that celestial forces affect our physical being, provides intriguing ...