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If 'swimming more' is one of your New Year's resolutions, the FORM Smart Swim 2 will keep you in the right lane.
By Tantse Walter published
Deals Now priced under $200, these goggles can improve your swimming technique and efficiency, providing real-time data as you swim.

How common is it to have extra bones in your skeleton?
By Charles Q. Choi published
Adult human bodies typically have about 206 bones. But is it possible to have more?

An experimental mRNA treatment counters immune cell aging in mice
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A trio of mRNA molecules could help guard against the harmful effects of aging on immune cells, a study in mice finds.

'More Neanderthal than human': How DNA from our long-lost ancestors affects our health today
By Emily Cooke published
Neanderthals and humans mated millennia ago, and their legacy lives on in us today. Here's how.

Why can't you wiggle your toes one at a time?
By Steven Lautzenheiser published
A biological anthropologist explains why humans can't wiggle their toes in the same way they can wiggle their fingers.

'The ban assumed the danger was making pigs too human': Why human organs aren't grown in pigs in the US
By Monika Piotrowska published
As a bioethicist and philosopher explains the ethics of using organs grown in animals for human transplant procedures.

From gene therapy breakthroughs to preventable disease outbreaks: The health trends that will shape 2026
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Opinion Live Science's health channel editor makes predictions about the medical breakthroughs and public health shifts to come in 2026.

A rare condition caused a man to get 'scales' on his hands whenever he washed them
By Sophie Berdugo published
A man's rare condition caused "excessive wrinkling" in his hands which spread to his wrists and elbows.
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