That awkward rumble from your stomach during a quiet meeting. The snot factory that your nose becomes during a cold. The eye crust that greets you every morning. Our bodies are constantly doing things ...

Grossology became a best seller. It was followed by three more books examining the Grossology of the human body, of animals and the homes we live in — revealing a host of microscopic ickiness such as ...

It’s a beautiful Monday morning, and this story went up online at 5 a.m., so maybe you are sitting down and giving it a read with a nice cup of coffee. Nothing like that morning ritual to get the day ...

From periods of rapid aging in our 40s and 60s to ancient brains that don’t decompose, here are some of the year’s most intriguing stories about human biology It can sometimes feel like health ...

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...