The human body, I know, did not evolve to swim laps ... Her mother and sister secretly urged her on. Today she is a national hero, and her prize money helps support a large extended family.

This story appears in the March 2018 issue of National Geographic ... 3-D printers to make living body parts. Called bioprinters, these machines use human cells as “ink.” ...

This story appears in the September 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... doesn’t let cells behave as if they are in the human body. Cilia inside the lung-chip. Microscope image ...

The digestive system is the series of tubelike organs that convert our meals into body fuel. There are about 30 feet (9 meters) of these convoluted pipeworks, starting with the mouth and ending ...

Over generations, eyelashes and body hair might ... 2016 issue of National Geographic.) No technology remotely as powerful has existed before for the manipulation of the human genome.

A woman begins her morning workout, a critical time when the body and brain rapidly adapt to meet the demands of exercise. These early minutes set the stage for improved focus, mood, and long-term ...

Here’s what happens to your body when you drink it ... Photograph by Justin Jin, National Geographic A tea grower from the Blang Indigenous community brews tea for clients in Wang Ji village ...

This story appears in the August 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. “You need to have your throat cut out and your decomposing, bug-infested body fed ... a glimpse of human nature ...

Penfield discovered that each part of the body was clearly mapped out in a strip ... in an expanding universe of new information on the human brain. "Every person's brain is as unique as their ...