Joseph ShavitJan 1, 2023Groundbreaking study identifies muscle that burns fat and increases metabolism while sittingThe soleus muscle, though only 1% of your body weight, can do big things to improve the metabolic health in the rest of your body.
Joseph ShavitSep 29, 2022Gamechanging artificial knee cartilage outperforms the real thing, study findsResearchers have developed a gel-based cartilage substitute to relieve achy knees that’s even stronger and more durable than the real thing.
Joseph ShavitSep 14, 2022Harvard study identifies why humans walk upright If evolutionary biologists were to rank the body parts that make us quintessentially human, the pelvis would place close to the top.
Joseph ShavitDec 19, 2021First millipede with more than 1,000 legs discoveredThe millipede has 1,306 legs — more than any other animal — and belongs to a new species that has been named Eumillipes persephone.