A new study reveals that a gene inherited from Neanderthals reduces muscle activity and may influence athletic performance.

Space changes you. It strengthens some muscles, weakens others, shifts fluids within your body, and realigns your sense of ...

UCT’s Assoc Prof Yumna Albertus has co-founded a start-up called AcinoTech, which aims to increase access to movement-measuring technology.

The visible effects of ageing on our body are in part linked to invisible changes in gene activity. The epigenetic process of ...

In January, I got a body composition analysis that measured my body fat and muscle mass. I wanted to lose body fat and gain a little more muscle by changing my diet and workouts. Getting a second ...

A University of Lethbridge researcher is part of a team further exploring how the human body responds to space travel.

If you've ever wondered why specific exercises feel way tougher even when the weight isn't massive, science has some answers. It all comes down to how your body recruits muscle fibers (motor units), ...

For Hannaford, the crossover between space and extreme medicine is natural. “It’s all austere environments,” he says. “The ...

Centering is the ability to remain present when everything within you wants to escape. It involves returning to your body, ...

A hot microphone caught a 40-second snippet of chatter between Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un at Beijing’s ...