Unlike human eyes, dogs’ eyes are located more to the side of the skull. That gives them a wider field of vision.
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Your faithful companion sees the world differently than you do, but it’s a mistake to assume dogs only see black, white and shades of grey.
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Since the time of Hippocrates, doctors have looked at patients hands for signs of ill health.
Pteranodon was a large-bodied pterosaur.
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Reptiles don’t generally care for their offspring, but some pterosaurs may have bucked the trend.
The handling and disposition of human bodies raises all sorts of ethical and legal questions.
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The short answer: It’s complicated – and depends, in part, where you live.
Donors’ bodies lie covered in an anatomy lab at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany.
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The lessons students learn from dissecting donor bodies go beyond anatomy – and they try to pay that gift forward.
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To answer this question, we’ll need to look at some different parts of the brain and what they do.
Human evolution is typically depicted with a progressive whitening of the skin, despite a lack of evidence to support it.
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From Aristotle to Darwin, inaccurate and biased narratives in science not only reproduce these biases in future generations but also perpetuate the discrimination they are used to justify.
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There are simple ways to alleviate regular hiccups – and treatments for when they persist.
These Georgetown University medical students used donated cadavers in their anatomy class in 2011.
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This particularly physical kind of philanthropy caught on in the mid-20th century.
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If we go far enough back in time, we all share an ancestor. And some of the features found in our bones and bodies today are a testament to that.
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Some animals have belly buttons that are easy to see, but others have ones that are more difficult to spot.
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The first description of the snake clitoris may change what we think we know about mating and courtship among the slithering reptiles.
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A 44th blood group was recently discovered by researchers at Bristol University.
The Anat_Hub app gives anatomy students a new way to really peer into the human musculoskeletal system.
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The development of an immersive mobile phone application for university anatomy students offers insights into the future of online learning.
Activating the somatosensory cortex may help us connect to our bodies, develop our sensitivity, sensuality and capacity to feel pleasure.
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The brain’s somatosensory cortex may help enrich our emotional experiences and improve our mental health. Mindfulness and dance movement therapy may be effective ways to activate it.
Anatomist and anthropologist Matthew Drennan in his anthropology laboratory at the University of Cape Town in 1931.
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Scientists themselves seemed to be unaware that their lack of comment on the absurdity of apartheid was a statement in itself.
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Finnish cross-country skier Remi Lindholm suffered from a frozen penis during the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Step away from the cotton swabs!
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That brownish/yellowish gunk that comes out on your finger if you scratch deep inside your ear? It actually serves an important purpose in your body.
Although the medical establishment is now recognizing that sex is not binary, society as a whole has been slow to embrace the concept.
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Millions of people do not fit neatly into male or female sex designations at birth, and wrong identification can set them up for a lifetime of physical and mental harm.
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How have snakes evolved venom fangs so many times in their evolutionary history? Research suggests it’s due to a structure called ‘plicidentine’ in their teeth that can evolve into venom grooves.