Human

We’re all prone to acts of laziness. Maybe we should be washing the dishes, but we’ve instead elected to get drunk and…

Throughout history, human hair has been the subject of much vanity, research, and stereotyping. Hair traits and associated medical and social implications…

Most of us think of human corpses as disgusting, creepy things that we would do everything in our power to keep away…

We have plenty of things living on and in us. Most of the organisms that reside on or in us are not…

More often than not, we look back at the religious practices of old and even the ones still carried out today with…

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: The human brain is amazing. In the words of neuroscientist Vilayanur Ramachandran, it’s…

Parasites, bacteria, and viruses have been the scourge of humanity as long as we have been here, but disease has reshaped our…

Nonliving objects and animals are not always safe from litigation. Over the years, people have sued animals and even inanimate objects like…

Based on his expertise on ancient documents and biblical genealogies, the Irish Archbishop James Ussher (1581–1656) estimated that our planet was created…

When our distant ancestors left the trees to walk the savannas, physical changes occurred that can still be seen today. Some are…