It was the first day of spring break in 1992 in Phoenix, and 12-year-old Heather Smith was excited for her family's upcoming ski trip. But before Smith and her family had even packed their snow pants, ...
You've likely heard that your appendix is totally useless, a left over organ from our evolutionary past: but turns out, it may be doing something important after all! Learn more with Stefan Chin in a ...
For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, and textbooks labeled it a vestigial structure—something our ancestors ...
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