The Human Body

The body contains all the internal organs, body parts, bones and muscles that make up the human anatomy. Your fleshy body has evolved over millions of years, and this is the science changing the way we understand it.

Don’t feel guilty about playing video games during lockdown © Getty Images

Don’t feel guilty about playing video games during lockdown

Meet the scientist who defeated 'the world's worst bacteria' to save her husband’s life © Steffanie Strathdee

Meet the scientist who defeated ‘the world’s worst bacteria’ to save her husband’s life

Why do I always feel so rubbish after a nap? © Dan Bright

Why do I always feel so rubbish after a nap?

Beyond DNA: How proteins let us get up close and personal to our ancient relatives © Science Photo Library

Beyond DNA How proteins let us get up close and personal to our ancient relatives

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Why we need to stop loot boxes from becoming another moral panic

COVID-19: First wave patients may 'be vulnerable to catching it again' © Getty Images

COVID-19: First wave patients may ‘be vulnerable to catching it again’

Hospitalised patients with COVID-19 have compromised gut microbiomes, study finds © Alamy

Hospitalised patients with COVID-19 have compromised gut microbiomes, study finds

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Drinking more coffee every day could lower your risk of prostate cancer

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COVID-19 and the brain: Does the virus cause psychiatric problems?

How virtual reality is helping patients with phobias, anxiety disorders and more © Joseph Eddins/US Air Force

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Everything you need to know about the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine UK © Gareth Fuller/PA

COVID-19 Everything you need to know about the Oxford vaccine

Extra exercise in midlife could protect the brain in later life © Getty Images

Extra exercise in midlife could protect the brain in later life

Will it ever be possible for a same-sex couple to have a biological baby together? © Getty Images

Will it ever be possible for a same-sex couple to have a biological baby together?

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Lucy and Ardi: The two fossils that changed human history