Outside of science or anatomy class, there are a couple ways to speak about metabolism. It usually operates in comparisons of speed and...

In the eyes of her parents, Aarika Capra was always a “little scientist” and a “little teacher.” Growing up, it seemed that Capra could...

For paleontologist Yara Haridi, bones are the best. In life, bones protect organs, facilitate movement, and produce red blood cells. In...

All right, we admit it: not everyone knows about the Anatomy in Clay® Learning System. Even to students building models in the classroom...

In a healthcare education and communications career spanning twenty-five years and multiple countries, Chris Davis thought he had seen it...

“Cogito, ergo sum,” René Descartes famously quipped in 1637. “I think, therefore I am,” became part of a doctrine that came to be known...

Can we all, for a moment, stop what we’re doing and appreciate giraffes? To appreciate giraffes, of course, means to appreciate their...

When a horse lifts its hoof up and scrapes at the ground, repeatedly, something is off. Something is bothering the animal. In pawing the...

What is it, precisely, about our anatomy that sets our species apart in the animal kingdom? Opposable thumbs? Big brains, which enable...

We humans tend to pat ourselves on the back for the contents stored within our skulls. Indeed, our big brains and unique intelligence...

Don’t sweat it. Maybe you remember, on your way to a dance in Junior High, a droplet of sweat forming behind your knee and cascading down...

We hope you caught our recent webinar with Dr. Beth Moody-Jones (April 21). She made a terrific point about the advantage of teaching...

If Dr. Jennifer Hellier could give Anatomy in Clay® models a beating heart, she might find a troupe of MANIKEN® models following her...

Question: What do you get when you combine seaweed and modern technology? Answer: Squishy gels and a human heart! OK, technically it’s a...

At what point did the big bad wolf become humanity’s best friend? How did it happen, and who initiated contact —the wolf or the human?...

Does the pandemic impact our anatomy? Yes. In the beginning of 2020, a spiky protein latched itself into our bloodstreams and proceeded...

If you’re reading this and you’re American, there’s a slight chance you might have a tiny little bone on the back side of your knee. It’s...

Microevolution Part One focused on changes in anatomy that we — Homo Sapiens — have undergone in the past couple thousand years. Part Two...

At some point, we have all seen the picture that has come to represent human evolution. It usually starts with the Australopithacus. Then...

Let’s start at the beginning, shall we? Speculation as to our origin story as a species has existed, well, probably since our origin — or...