Science writer Mary Roach is fascinated by the human body, especially, she says, the "gooey bits and pieces of us that are performing miracles on a daily basis. Roach has done deep dives on human ...

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...

There's rarely time to write about every cool science-y story that comes our way. So this year, we're once again running a special Twelve Days of Christmas series of posts, highlighting one science ...

Scientists have developed a powerful method that shows how microscopic plastics travel through digestive cells while those ...

Your personal food-processing plant is like a symphony orchestra: When all the parts perform well, the result is beautiful music that simply flows. Should one or two musicians space out or be unable ...

The human immune system, a complex defense mechanism, includes the skin as its first line of defense and possesses a memory ...