Anatomy

Celiac disease is an autoimmune disorder. Gluten triggers an immune system response, seriously affecting nutrition.

Astronauts can experience bone loss in space. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how bones are formed and maintained in your body.

Why does drinking too much alcohol make people feel so bad? Read about four theories.

Learn how sound travels in waves and how it is measured in this backgrounder.

Teen brain development prepares teens for adulthood, but also affects their emotions.

Viruses can make you feel awful! This article explains how feeling bad might be your immune system’s way of helping you heal.

Astronauts can experience bone loss in space. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how bones are formed and maintained in your body.

Using stethoscopes, doctors can use sound waves to detect various health issues. Learn how this device has evolved since it was invented in 1816!

5 images representing the senses of hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting and touching

Errors during meiosis can alter the number of chromosomes in cells and lead to genetic disorders.

Did you know that too much carbon dioxide in the classroom can affect your body, and even your grades?

What is a reflex? Test your reaction time and find out why reflexes are important in this challenge activity.

Get active in this activity and explore the impact of exercise on your heart rate. Ready, set, GO!

Learn how to measure lung capacity and about the factors that can affect our lung capacity in this hands on activity.

Scientists are training artificial intelligence to diagnose injuries using x-rays and other medical imagery of you (and millions of others). What improvements and other changes might this bring to the health care system?