Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Tucked away on the third floor of the Medical Science II building sits a supply of painted skulls ...

There’s a greyhound’s heart, a cat’s spinal cord, a smoker’s lung. A human female torso and head sliced into 1-inch sections from head to waist, completely preserved -- all touchable, teachable. The ...

At the “Body Worlds” exhibit in New York’s Times Square, visitors will find a unique collection of nearly 200 human specimens on display – from full bodies to single organs. Donated human organs, ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In a basement laboratory room of the sprawling University Hospital is a doctor in surgical scrubs ...

“Beautiful” might not be the word most people would use to describe a slice of human brain, captured in cross section, looking slightly like a Dr. Seuss tree with pinkish lobes. But that is what ...

Although “Body Worlds” -- an anatomical exhibition of corpses and body parts preserved in lifelike poses through a process called plastination -- drew record crowds during its recent engagement at the ...

"Every body is a treasure," said Dr. Angelina Whalley, creative and conceptual designer for the new "BODY WORLDS RX: Prescriptions for Healthy Living" exhibition at The Health Museum. We wanted to ...

Joshua Lopez gently peels transparent covering from a metal tray in his lab. His actions are fluid, like he's undoing gift-wrap he plans to reuse. He has good reason to be careful: Inside the plastic ...

Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS 3, which opened Friday at the Saint Louis Science Center, offers many sources of fascination – the inner body, the macabre, science, art. It also teaches clear messages ...