"The heart pumps blood," "The lungs breathe." Even if you know that much, can you explain in detail what each organ actually ...

Your body is doing something extraordinary right now. As you read these words, your heart is beating, roughly 100,000 times today alone. Billions of cells are regenerating, electrical signals are ...

Here at Guinness World Records, we’re all about acknowledging the things that make us unique. Many of our record titles recognize the incredible things that the human body can do and the physical ...

The human body is often described as a marvel of “perfect design”: elegant, efficient and finely tuned for its purpose. Yet, when we look closer, a rather different picture emerges. Far from being a ...