Muscle-on-chip systems are three-dimensional human muscle cell bundles cultured on collagen scaffolds. A Stanford University research team sent some of these systems to the International Space Station ...

The 2024 Summer Olympics are in full swing. One of the marquee events is of course the marathon, a grueling test of fitness and athleticism. When it comes to endurance running, humans are among the ...

The trillions of microbes living in the human gut are increasingly recognized as important partners in human health.

Ancient human relatives ran on two legs, like modern humans, but at a much slower pace, suggest 3D computer simulations of Australopithecus afarensis 1 — a small hominin that lived more than three ...

Running is the bearer of many brilliant things – and greater strength and enhanced endurance are among the numerous benefits that it offers over time. While running one mile might feel difficult when ...

Our early human ancestor was capable of running, if slowly, a new study finds. By Franz Lidz More than three million years after her death, the early human ancestor known as Lucy is still divulging ...

As you bite into a crisp apple, your jaw muscle contracts, allowing you to grind the fruit between your teeth. When you climb a flight of stairs, your gluteus maximus (or "glutes") push your body ...