For decades, above-the-knee amputees have had to live with stiff, uncomfortable prosthetics that felt more like rigid tools ...

When you're standing still, you're depending on your bones to prop you up. And when you're moving around, you're depending on your bones to solidify your movements, strengthening your shifting arm or ...

Bone collector cases are carefully constructed from silk and exoskeleton parts. Image: Rubinoff lab, Entomology Section, University of Hawaii, Manoa Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 ...

There's over 200 bones in the human body, many of which we see taking quite a bit of trauma in the action-packed series. Using the series as a reference, Dr. Raynor explains everything we need to ...

While there's a common answer to the number of bones contained within the human body, it's not exactly accurate. AMAZING ... And your upper arm bone—the humerus—used to have three to four parts.

Osteoporosis happens when your body removes old bone too quickly or doesn't make new bone fast enough. Healthy bones have a honeycomb structure. But with osteoporosis, the spaces inside grow bigger.

Bone broth protein. The protein content in bone broth may support your body as it builds bones, muscles, cartilage, skin, and blood. If you want to reap the nutritional benefits of bone broth ...

Pinned adult female (left) of the bone collector caterpillar and portable case (right) in which the larva resides decorated with body parts from ants, bark beetles, weevils, and flies. D. Rubinoff ...

Bone grafting is a surgical procedure that uses transplanted bone to repair and rebuild diseased or damaged bones. A bone graft is a choice for repairing bones almost anywhere in your body. Your ...

As you get older, your occipital bones will fuse to the other bones of your skull. Your sphenoid bone, which is located in the middle of your skull, will fuse with the occipital bone when you are ...