An unusually large structure from the last ice age built from the bones of dozens of woolly mammoths has been uncovered in Russia. Dating back some 25,000 years, it’s the oldest known structure of its ...

An unusual cause of ischemic stroke — the presence of structural bone and cartilage anomalies which cause mechanical stress to arteries supplying the brain — has been highlighted in a new case series.

Researchers have discovered that the structure of human bones is vastly different than previously believed. The characteristic toughness and stiffness of bone is predominantly due to the presence of ...

Some dinosaurs were so big the ground would have shaken while they walked. But how did they carry such massive loads? Dinosaurs likely had a different bone structure to mammals and birds that was ...

A galactic skeleton of dark interstellar gas tendrils might help map the scaffolding of our galaxy, a new study suggests. Six of these “bones,” each 40 to 150 light-years long and less than a ...

Architects almost can’t help drawing inspiration from nature. The outside spiral of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum resembles a nautilus shell; the light dappled ceiling of Antoni Gaudi’s ...