As much as people enjoy the warm summer months, high temperatures can be hard on the human body. “As mammals, we live close to the thermal edge of life and death,” says Craig Heller, a physiologist ...

Body parts found in a freezer earlier this year after a Colorado home was sold have been identified as those of the 16-year-old daughter of the home’s previous owner, authorities said Friday. The ...

There is a day we New Yorkers quietly celebrate, that we don’t have a name for. It’s the morning when I can feel the earth peel back her blanket and stretch out for the first time in months. For once, ...

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Why we have body parts we don't need is simple. According to the Harvard Health website, they were most likely necessary at one point but eventually became nonessential through evolution. Apparently, ...