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The Shrouds: new Cronenberg film is an elusive meditation on death, grief and environmental ethics

Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg is a leading figure in body horror, a film genre that explores disturbing and often grotesque aspects of the human body. Films such as The Fly (1986), eXistenZ (1999) and Crimes of the Future (2022) depict scenes of physical mutilation, illness and technological invasion to represent…

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57 Surgeons Share The Weirdest Facts About The Human Body

Do you think you have what it takes to be a surgeon?

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The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain

The human chin has long been fertile ground for arguments between scientists over its purpose

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Why evolution can explain human testicle size but not our unique chins

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the 4 billion years of our history.

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Nobody’s Perfect But These 48 Human Body Flaws Are Just Stupid

Why do our knees start giving out before we even hit 40?

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Abstract Erotic review – artworks as beguiling as they are compelling

With works by Alice Adams, Eva Hesse and Louise Bourgeois, this exhibition revisits a 1966 show of pieces delving into the psychosexual and the human body

The Guardian - UK

The five everyday habits that might be quietly harming your liver

The liver is one of the hardest-working organs in the human body but despite its remarkable resilience, it is not indestructible

The Independent UK

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Five common habits that might be harming your liver

The liver is one of the hardest working organs in the human body. It detoxifies harmful substances, helps with digestion, stores nutrients, and regulates metabolism.

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10 Cool But Pretty Disturbing Facts About The Human Body That Not Many People Know About

The human body is utterly fascinating. But just when you think you’ve got a grip on everything there is to know, science progresses and throws you a curveball.

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10 People With Real-Life “Superpowers” That Challenge Our Understanding Of The Human Body

These 10 individuals would be shoo-ins for the Xavier Institute.

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“What Is A Fact About The Human Body That Not Many People Know About?” (24 Answers)

The human body is everything that makes up, well, us. However, there are plenty of fascinating things we don't know about it. Or rather, ourselves.

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Feats of the human body behind Tom Cruise’s stunts in Mission: Impossible movies

He’s leapt from cliffs, clung to planes mid-takeoff and held his breath underwater for as long as professional freedivers. Now, at 62, Tom Cruise returns as Ethan Hunt for one final mission – and he’s still doing his own stunts.

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What is famine, and why is Gaza at risk of reaching it soon?

One in five in Gaza face famine as Israel’s blockade continues. What does starvation do to the human body?

Al Jazeera

“Human Body Facts That Will 100% Trigger You”: 18 Obscure Yet Terrifying Facts About Us Revealed By This TikToker

Sometimes, the less we know the better. But if you can handle learning some disturbing facts about the human body, we've got you covered!

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Improve your figure drawing by discovering the body's hidden structures

Learning to seek out and express the human body’s structures is the key to unlocking a new level in your artwork

The Independent UK

Welsh designer loses court battle against fashion giants Boohoo over bikini copy claim

‘The stark truth is that there are also only so many ways to design clothing to fit the human body’

The Conversation

Ritual murder of children: study in Ghana and Kenya explores who’s doing it and why

Superstition, an irrational belief in paranormal influences or a false attribution of events, is an age-old phenomenon found in probably all human societies or cultures. It encompasses a wide range of beliefs, practices and behaviours. Some of these have harmful or even deadly consequences.

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18 Doctors Share The Weirdest And Most Disgusting Things Found In People’s Bodies

Wine bottles, eating utensils, and parasites. These among many other bizarre items were found by doctors inside a human body. Check out their stories.

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Fill-in-the-blank training primes AI to interpret health data from smartwatches and fitness trackers

The human body constantly generates a variety of signals that can be measured from outside the body with wearable devices. These bio-signals – ranging from heart rate to sleep state and blood oxygen levels – can indicate whether someone is having mood swings or can be used to diagnose a…

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30 Doctors Share The Weirdest And Most Disgusting Things Found In People’s Bodies

Wine bottles, eating utensils, and parasites. These among many other bizarre items were found by doctors inside a human body. Check out their stories.

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SpaceX's Fram2 mission captures 1st human X-ray in Earth orbit

SpaceX's Fram2 astronauts take the first X-ray images of the human body in space, with a tip-of-the-hat to the first X-ray image ever taken.

The Independent UK

Love chewing gum? One piece could expose you to 250,000 microplastics

The long-term impacts of microplastics and nanoplastics on the human body are unknown

The Conversation

Chewing gum: another way for microplastics to enter your body?

We are riddled with microplastics. It is in our bloodstream, in our lungs, in our liver – pretty much anywhere you look in the human body, you will find minuscule bits of plastic.

The Conversation

The anatomy of fight-ending blows and chokes in combat sports

The human body has evolved to shield its vital organs, from the brain’s hard skull and meninges to the ribs and sternum protecting the heart and lungs. Even abdominal structures are safeguarded by muscular layers. In contact sports, understanding these vulnerabilities can give competitors the edge, allowing them to take…

Medical Daily

Woman Returns From Vacation With Headache, Strange Leg Symptoms, Doctors Find Brain Worms

The woman was diagnosed with eosinophilic meningitis from rat lungworm, a parasitic worm that gets into the human body typically through contaminated food.

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