Men and women are different. I know. You're all, we knew that already. Because of the whole stand-up-vs.-sit-down thing. But I'm not talking about physical differences. I am talking about differences ...

As much as science has come to understand the human body, it’s still full of mysteries. How do our brains generate consciousness? Why do our immune systems, as complex as they are, not realize that we ...

Call it what you will: beer belly, love handles, gut, spare tire, or anything else. Whatever the words, they’re all referring to the same thing: belly fat, which is one of the most common types of fat ...

As an exercise in scientific navel-gazing, Georg Steinhauser’s experiment takes some beating. Starting in 2005, Steinhauser – then a chemist at the Vienna University of Technology – collected pieces ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When it comes to body parts, the belly button doesn’t usually get much attention. Yet this often-overlooked little spot is a ...