A new study explores how humans seem to be evolving in a very unexpected way — namely, by having a third artery in some of our forearms. In an article published by the Journal of Anatomy, scientists ...

Human evolution is often told as a tidy story of adaptation, yet some of our most familiar body parts still defy ...

Every day, people have their tonsils, appendix, and wisdom teeth removed--and after the pain subsides, they proceed without a hitch. The truth is, it's not all that apparent why many parts of your ...

You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...

Here's a great new description of the Enterprise Service Bus, put forth by Bobby Woolf, WebSphere SOA and J2EE Consultant for IBM: The ESB is "the equivalent of a human appendix for the IT department, ...

The human appendix, a narrow pouch that projects off the cecum in the digestive system, has a notorious reputation for its tendency to become inflamed (appendicitis), often resulting in surgical ...

The true purpose of the seemingly inert human appendix continues to elude modern medicine, but a new study suggests that those who have the organ removed due to appendicitis are at three times greater ...

The appendix is actually part of your immune system. Just because you can live without it doesn't mean you don't need it. Why can't people realise this? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain ...