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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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 ...

Plastination is an embalming process used to preserve bodies. The process involves dehydrating the body tissue and replacing certain tissues with synthetic materials (like plastics). But don’t worry, ...