Rheum, cerumen, and mucus are just a few of our gross bodily fluids.

THE BODY
Going for a dip? You'll probably have a wee bit of trouble. Here's why.
Sports drinks are full of them. But are they good for you, or just really expensive pee?
Some of our favorite words come from body parts. Scratch your 'caput' over the origins of these anatomically derived terms.
No, the Simpsons don’t count.
Eyebrows are the Swiss Army knife of the human face.
Celine Dion recently announced that she has been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome (SPS), a rare and progressive neurological disorder that only affects about one or two out of every 1 million people.
The FDA has made the devices cheaper and more readily available to people with mild to moderate hearing loss.
Why do we even have them? Let's get to the root of the issue.
People with outie belly buttons, rejoice—the cleaning process is easier for you.
While there's a common answer to the number of bones contained within the human body, it's not exactly accurate.
The average adult human has 28 to 32 teeth, give or take a set of wisdom teeth. But besides the importance of brushing and flossing, how well do you know your chompers?
We'll exhume a few of them.
The smallest bone in your body is one of a set of three whose collective name literally means ‘small bones.’
The hair of the dog is one of the oldest hangover cures still around today. But can it really save you from that pounding headache?
As the Institute of Human Anatomy demonstrates, it takes more than a long fall to make an eyeball go splat.
The scent of a pumpkin spice latte is the smell of autumn to many people, thanks to how the brain perceives odor.
If you've managed to get this far in life without swallowing gum, you may ask yourself: Can ingesting gum really hurt you?
Why does heat make you so tired? Because even if you’re just lounging around, your body is working hard.