Long before factories, mines, and cars filled the air with pollution, our distant ancestors were already living with a silent ...

Dr. Kuruvilla also previewed the upcoming WHO Global Summit on Traditional Medicine, to be held 17–19 December 2025 in New ...

On this World Anatomy Day, Oct. 15, experts in the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at Johns Hopkins Medicine are ...

Long before humans built cities or wrote words, our ancestors may have faced a hidden threat that shaped who we became.

Hominids experienced lead exposure as far back as 2-million years ago, new research finds, challenging the theory that the ...

It's World Anesthesia Day tomorrow, so we invite you to take a deep breathe. Picture a relaxing scene. Maybe a beach in Tahiti, your toes in the sand, a cold drink in hand. Now imagine your favorite ...

Historical anatomy textbooks are built on the bodies of prisoners, the poor and the powerless – and we’re still using them ...

They were pregnant. Some were prisoners. Others were the poorest of the poor, forgotten in death as in life. Yet dissection ...

The history of plastic surgery is not glamorous — it’s grisly, tragic, and deeply human. Long before the cosmetic industry turned it into a billion-dollar enterprise, the practice was born from war ...

A groundbreaking international study changes the view that exposure to the toxic metal lead is largely a post-industrial phenomenon.

The Smithsonian’s portraits of women scientists give us a glimpse into the lives that helped shape modern discovery. Each ...

Ten extraordinary non-fiction books that feel like sitting across from brilliance — thoughtful, human, and impossible to ...