The cremation of a 200kg woman didn't go according to plan as her excess body fat blocked an air filter.
An unknown tribe has left valuable clues in the form of 'body jars' found around the Cardamom Mountains.
Researchers have found a remarkable partnership between carnivorous pitcher plants and ants.
A new exhibition will showcase Leonardo Da Vinci's remarkably accurate drawings of the human body.
A former astronaut is undergoing a battery of tests to understand how space has changed his eyesight.
A woman hit by a man's body after he was struck by a train is suing the victim over her injuries.
Etibar Elchyev achieved a world record for sticking 50 metal spoons magnetically to his body.
As the population reaches 7 billion, nobody is quite sure who the 7 billionth person actually is.
Nobody has been able to identify the strange animal left to a zoo in China by an anonymous man.
A new study has suggested that yawning may be a mechanism the body uses to help cool the brain.
Scientists have discovered several new methods for growing replacement human organs.
Cryonics involves the freezing of a deceased person's body in the hope of being revived in the future.
"Electronic skin" that could be attached to a patient's body has been developed by scientists.
The largest known fruiting body of a fungus has been found on the underside of a tree in China.
A man who died during July 4th celebrations in Louisiana had his body brought to shore by dolphins.
A species of parasitic wasp has been found to turn ladybirds in to zombie bodyguards as protection.
Scientists have discovered a way to turn bad body fat into good, calorie burning fat.
The late Pope's body has been exhumed from the Basilica crypts ahead of his beatification on Sunday.
John Edwards believes that he saw Jesus and the city of light while lying in an emergancy room.
Cybernetics professor Kevin Warwick attaches a silicon chip to his forearm as part of an experiment.