Science Friday

The Science Of Replacing Body Parts, From Hair To Hearts

In “Replaceable You,” Mary Roach describes mind-boggling efforts to replace human body parts—and why it’s proven to be so ...
Live Science

Human skeleton quiz: What do you know about the bones in your body?

One of the main functions of the skeleton is to protect our squishy internal organs, but another important function is to ...
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The One Human Body Part That Science Still Can’t Explain

The human body is eerily similar to a complex machine, with countless delicate parts. These parts range from the tiniest of ...

How human composting turns bodies into soil

But what if human remains could be as nonthreatening as a nice bag of garden soil or a peaceful woodland hike? It might not ...
WGBH

NEW NOVA SERIES “HUMAN,” A BBC STUDIOS SCIENCE UNIT PRODUCTION WITH NOVA AND GBH FOR PBS AND THE BBC, INVESTIGATES THE ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES

The five-part series premieres Wednesday, September 17, at 9pm ET/8C on PBS, and will also be available for streaming at pbs.org/nova, NOVA on YouTube, and the PBS ...

This overlooked human ancestor wielded tools with a gorilla-like grip

“The hand shows it could form precision grips similar to ours, while also retaining powerful grasping capabilities more like ...