In the 17th and 18th centuries body snatching reached epic proportions around the world. There was a reduction ... They had been selling body parts they obtained without consent from corpses ...

The Bible's lex talionis – "Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot" (Exodus 21:24-27) – has captured the human imagination for millennia.

Carbon, which is found in the human body, takes an unusual journey after the demise of the the stars that create the element.

The human body comes in lots of different shapes and sizes but most are made up of the same parts which do the same job. We all have a skeleton. The bones in your skeleton help you stay standing ...