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Eventually, aging comes for us all — but new evidence suggests that it might be contagious as well, at least within our bodies.

Scientists Find Evidence That Aging Is Contagious

By Noor Al-Sibai

A tiny creature that's sturdy enough to survive space may hold the key to human longevity, scientists have found in a new study.

Scientists Splice Material From Creature That Can Survive Outer Space Into Human Cells

By Noor Al-Sibai

A viral Twitter video claims to illustrate how motor proteins move. It's fun, but incorrect — and what those molecules actually do is way cooler.

The Real Story Behind That Viral Clip of a Protein With a Confident Strut

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Researchers from Switzerland and the US say they brought neurons and retinal cells back to "life" after death. The eye cells detected color and light.

Scientists Claim to Bring Dead Human Eye Cells Back to Life

By Lonnie Lee Hood

WHO Honors Woman Whose Cells Were Taken Without Consent for Medical Research

WHO Honors Woman Whose Cells Were Taken Without Consent for Medical Research

By Tony Ho Tran

In order to learn how cells can navigate large distances within our bodies, scientists plopped them into increasingly-complex mazes.

Researchers Forced Living Cells to Navigate Tiny Mazes

By Dan Robitzski

A Key Evolutionary Step May Mean Intelligent Alien Life Doesn’t Exist in the Universe

A Key Evolutionary Step May Mean Intelligent Alien Life Doesn’t Exist in the Universe

By Alexandra Ossola

Skin cells could be used to treat many diseases. The picture shows a high magnification micrograph of a vasculitic neuropathy.

Skin Cells Could Be Building Blocks in Fighting Cancer and Other Diseases

By Claudia Geib

Researchers Find ‘Internal Clock’ Within Live Human Cells

Health & Medicine

Researchers Find ‘Internal Clock’ Within Live Human Cells

Scientists Think They’ve Discovered Why Skin Cells Age

Prosthetics and Devices

Scientists Think They’ve Discovered Why Skin Cells Age

By Sarah Marquart

Cotton Candy May be the Key to Creating Artificial Organs

Cotton Candy May be the Key to Creating Artificial Organs

By Sarah Marquart

How Chromosome Extensions “Turn Back the Aging Clock”

How Chromosome Extensions “Turn Back the Aging Clock”

By Sarah Marquart

Watch: The War Inside Your Body

From Quarks to Quasars

Watch: The War Inside Your Body

By Jolene Creighton

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Stem Cell Breakthrough Regrows Livers Beyond Self-Repair