In Susan Glickman's The Smooth Yarrow, the poet makes her subject the depth and breadth of, as one poem titles it, Average Life. Her chief music is the human body, its composite breaks and gurgles ...

Books Bookshelf ‘The Unseen Body’ Review: Internal Affairs The brain and heart may have pride of place, but our various organs have unique and surprising roles to play in keeping us alive.

Book Review: 'The Story of the Human Body' by Daniel E. Lieberman Evolution has left our bodies full of scars, maladaptations to the modern environment. By John Hawks Dec. 6, 2013 4:48 pm ET ...

By Annie Cheney. Broadway Books, 205 pp, $33.95, hardcover. A loved one's body has been willed to science. What comes to mind?

A human body book with a twist – discover the science behind the weird and unusual stuff our bodies can do from Dr Azmain Chowdhury, with illustrations from Daniel Nelson.Filled with gross ...

In 1980, the Supreme Court ruled that living, human-made microorganisms could be patented by their developers. The ruling opened the gateway for cells, tissues, genetically modified plants and ...

Instead of ignoring the strange things a woman's body does through motherhood and aging, Deborah Landau's new collection revels in them. It's called "The Uses Of The Body." Tess Taylor has our review.

Outside of the Caribbean region, few people have heard of Harold Sonny Ladoo and his novel No Pain Like This Body and yet, first published in 1972, it is considered a classic of Caribbean literature.