How major organs work together to manage extreme physiological stresses such as lack of oxygen and sleep has been mapped for ...

Putting your weight into opening a door (say, with your shoulder) is easier than using your hands. Sliding heavy cardboard ...

Completing the Tour de France route is a monumental achievement for any cyclist — amateur or pro. Read about the impact it had on one amateur rider's body.

What if your brain is the reason some pain feels unbearable? Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered a hidden brain ...

Some mammals are capable of hibernating during periods of low food availability in an effort to conserve energy and survive.

The research, published in the Journal of Affective Disorders, found that older adults who feel anxious on Mondays exhibit ...

You stop living and start surviving.” That was how Alex Kumar, one of the research doctors at Concordia Station, characterized winter there, a location so out-of-the-way that the International Space ...

Judging mental fatigue can be guided by acquiring and analyzing various physiological data. However, the existing equipment focuses on single physiological signals, such as electroencephalogram (EEG) ...

Mental fatigue of the brain will cause the weakening of the psychological and physiological functions of the human body, which increases the risk of mistakes and accidents. This paper designs a mental ...

A new skin-like sensor developed by an international team led by researchers at Penn State could help doctors monitor vital ...

What happens inside your body when you're tired, out of breath, or oxygen-deprived? A new study by researchers at the ...

Loneliness and emptiness aren't mindset problems. They reflect how pressure can lock the nervous system into patterns of protection, disconnection, and loss of purpose and joy.