"Once damaged, these hairs never grow back. You have around 3,500, and that is all you'll have throughout your entire life...

Given a surgeon's training and their MANY years of school, it goes without saying that they have much more in-depth knowledge about the human body than the average ...

The From Labs to Lives Blog provides clear, accessible explainers on everyday topics for which UC Davis has expertise. Each post is reviewed by faculty or subject-matter experts, ensuring readers get ...

Spaceflight rewires the human body. Muscles shrink, bones thin and fluids shift towards the brain – but these changes may ...

Science writer Mary Roach is fascinated by the human body, especially, she says, the "gooey bits and pieces of us that are performing miracles on a daily basis." Take the human heart, for instance. If ...

Studying elite athletes in real-world endurance events offers a rare glimpse into the limits of human performance. In cycling, few challenges test the body and mind like the Tour Divide — a ...