Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy ...

We know adults can be easily influenced by what they believe to be a "normal" body shape, but it turns out children start forming their own perceptions from a very young age. These body ideals ...

From custom gene editing to a discovery that could help stop pancreatic cancer before it starts, these advances offer a ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. If you have spent time with an infant, you might recognize the scene: A child is wailing, inconsolable, and you, the parent, have to go to the bathroom. Or eat.

Body functionality refers to everything that the body can do. Body functions broadly fall into six domains, including (1) physical capacities (e.g., stretching), (2) internal processes (e.g., ...

Back in 1929, archaeologists unearthed several human skeletons (seven adults and three children) while excavating Skuhl Cave just south of Haifa, Israel. Dating back 140,000 years to the end of the ...

As a therapist who specializes in eating disorders and body image concerns, I’ve spent years working with individuals and families trying to untangle the harmful messages we receive about bodies and ...

The average adult male has around 36 trillion cells in their body, while average adult females have 28 trillion, researchers have found. Unexpectedly, the mass of small cells in our bodies, such as ...

University of Canberra provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Art offers us different, and sometimes challenging, perspectives to consider in our lifelong relationship with the human ...