What's the Least Useful Body Part?
We’re all familiar with the flashy, big-ticket organs: the heart, the brain, the lungs. Their celebrity often obscures…
DIY Organ Removal, Pain, and Bloody Miracles: The Grisly World of First Surgeries
The Wound Man (or Man of Wounds, depending on how you translate it in Fasciculus medicinae, the 1491 medical treatise…
Tiny Tunnels Previously Unknown to Scientists Found Between the Skull and Brain
It’s not every day that scientists find a completely new aspect of human anatomy, but a study published this week in…
This Book About the Anatomy of DC Heroes and Villains Looks Absolutely Gorgeous
Ever wanted to know what the inside of Superman’s eyeball looks like? Well, now you do, in stunningly beautiful detail.
T. Rex's Tongue Was Firmly Stuck in Its Mouth, Study Finds
With yet another Jurassic Park movie headed to theaters, it’s the perfect time for busybody scientists to shatter our…
Why Do We Have Butts?
When separates us from the animals? Is it the burden of consciousness, the terror of knowing that one day we will die,…
Why Is My Face Changing Shape as I Get Older?
Two decades of healthy growth, followed by four to eight decades of slow-motion physical and mental collapse—that’s…
Winged Archaeopteryx Dino Could Fly—Scientists Just Don't Know How
Owing to its distinctly bird-like features, Archaeopteryx is one of the most intriguing dinosaurs known to science.…
How Do You Hear Without 'Ears'?
History’s littered with lost ears: Van Gogh’s, Evander Holyfield’s, that ear Kyle MacLachlan finds in a field in Blue…
A Textbook That Turns Into a Lifesize Paper Skeleton Should be Standard at Med Schools
Human anatomy is something better learned by studying detailed models, or actual people. Mastering the ins and outs of…
Man Had So Many Prostate Orgasms He Couldn't Stop, According to New Paper
One 63-year-old man had so many prostate orgasms that he couldn’t stop.
Nightmarish Sea Spiders Pump Their Blood Using Their Guts
Earth’s oceans are well-stocked with otherworldly inhabitants, but few of these critters are quite as strange as sea…
Here's How Much Bubble Wrap You Need To Wrap A Giant Whale Heart
It’s not every day one stumbles upon a 400 pound whale heart, but when you do, you put that shit in a museum.…
How Much Force Could a T.Rex Bite Deliver?
In the 1993 cult classic Jurassic Park, a T. rex manages to scare the living shit out of kid heroes Lex and Tim Murphy…
This Deep Sea Monster Attaches Its Head to Its Neck in the Freakiest Way
We already knew the deep ocean is full of nightmare creatures—twisted amalgams of tooth, jaw and fin sprung to life…
Your Appendix May Not Be as Useless as You Think
New research suggests that the appendix, long believed to be a throwback to our evolutionary past, may serve an…
These Bees Look Like Ants Because Nature Is Freaky and Amazing
Do not be alarmed, but the menfolk of two newly-identified species of desert bees look an awful lot like ants, and…
Turning This Toy Fish Inside Out Reveals All Its Glorious Guts
Way back in 2014, Rachel Ciavarella created an unusual plush toy called Morris that could be turned inside out,…
Why an Entire Population of Geckos Is Trapped on One Building
The island of Giraglia is a windswept pile of rocks that sits within eyeshot of the northern tip of Corsica in the…
The Freaky Artificial Muscles on this Human Skeleton Are the Future of Robotics
Using pneumatic pistons and servos to power robots makes them fast and strong, but also bulky and extremely heavy. No…