The cough.   On average, healthy adults do it 18.6 times per day.   Females, however, cough more than males. (Women may have a more...

It’s time to go spanning the globe for anatomy news and notes!   Would J.R.R. Tolkien Approve?   We often wonder if J.R.R. Tolkien ( Lord...

We recently stumbled across an article about an interesting organization in Charlotte, North Carolina and we wanted to stop for a moment...

As the 2024 Summer Olympics get underway in Paris, we want to draw your attention to one sport that stands head and shoulders above all...

Tibia.   From Greek—reed pipe.   Gracilis.   From Latin—slender.   Sartorius.   From Latin—tailor.   Literally, sartorius is the muscle...

It’s time to go spanning the globe for anatomy news and notes! Humane Treatment of Body Donors Boston radio station WBUR sent a reporter...

Dr. Kelly Lambert was full of keen insights about the brain and the power of hands-on learning in a recent podcast conversation with us....

Are active, busy hands the key to happiness? Well, of course, we’ve always thought so. We learned a lot about the power of hands-on...

Come with us now to Urbana, a town in Maryland about 40 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. You’ll find one of the most inspiring...

Poking around YouTube recently about comparative anatomy (yes, it’s a thing we do) this clip from the Crash Course channel popped up and...

It’s time to go spanning the globe for anatomy news and notes! The Eyes Have It Researchers have uncovered the reason we humans blink....

About ten years ago, Emporia High School science teacher Erica Huggard attended an Anatomy in Clay® Learning System training at ESSDACK...

The research is clear: dual enrollment works. The concept, which allows students to pursue college-level courses before graduating from...

She’s 90 years old and still going strong. She’s 90 years old and still looking ahead. Dame Jane Morris Goodall was born on April 3,...

Three things we learned while chatting with Nancy Harris on a recent episode of the Anatomy in Clay® Learning System podcast: 1.     Will...

One playlist starts with Billy Joel’s “Movin’ Out” and goes on through Gorillaz’ “On Melancholy Hill” and Chris Stapleton’s “Broken...

If you’re a baseball pitcher, chances are you are very familiar with your ulnar collateral ligament. And chances are you know the name...

When it’s time to build anatomy with clay, high school teacher Kish Rafique starts by asking students to refer to the closest available...

Carl Linnaeus, a.k.a. “the father of taxonomy,” meant well. A giraffe probably looked like a giraffe. Easy to identify, right? Well, it...

The human heart beats 60 to 100 times each minute. A whale, 10 to 30 beats per minute. A cat, 150 beats per minute. The heart is mostly...