A debilitating infection from the parasitic Guinea worm is inching closer to global eradication, with an all-time low of only 10 human cases reported worldwide in 2025, the Carter Center announced. If ...

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Experts reconstructed the genome of Treponema pallidum from 5,500-year-old human remains in Colombia, revealing an unknown ...

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Researchers find obelisks, mysterious RNA molecules in human bacteria that challenge our understanding of viruses and ...

The human body is extraordinarily complex, with several openings and a few exits. But exactly how many holes does each person have? It sounds like a simple enough question to answer — list the ...

Some people believe we know everything about such thing as our body, since we study biology at school, read books, and watch popular videos on YouTube. Well, this is far from being true. The human ...

Some people may worry about being bitten by a snake or spider, but have you ever considered what would happen if a small black hole tried to pass through your body? An article by Professor of Physics ...

The human body is an ecosystem. In short, this means it’s made up of a host of other organisms. From microscopic parasites to creeping insects, these creatures may live symbiotically, cause illness or ...

Damian Bailey is supported by grants from the European Space Agency, SpaceX and Royal Society Wolfson Research Fellowship. He is Editor-in-Chief of Experimental Physiology and outgoing Chair of the ...

Parasites are organisms that feed off their hosts for survival. Such parasitic creatures can cause mild to serious symptoms and, in some cases, fatal infections in their hosts. “Overall, parasites ...