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The evolution of the human species is marked by an increase in brain size. Now new research suggests that could be partly ...

Measuring might feel like math in the classroom, but at the Tellus Science Museum, it looks a lot more like playtime.

For decades, body mass index (BMI) has been the dominant tool for defining obesity, despite longstanding concerns that it poorly reflects individual health risk. Growing evidence suggests that the ...

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Many objects in space rotate. Earth completes a spin in roughly 24 hours, while Venus takes a whopping 243 Earth days. The ...

Waist Circumference; Waist - Hip Ratio; Abdominal Circumference; Cardiovascular Diseases; Risk Factors; Anthropometry. Circumference measures, also called perimetry, are part of the anthropometric ...

Abstract: In obstetrics, ultrasound is used for assessment of fetal development during pregnancy. The images generated by ultrasound are used to obtain measurements of fetal head length, body size, ...

Share on Pinterest A new study found that waist-to-height ratio was closely linked to heart disease risk than BMI or waist circumference. Ableimages/Getty Images A new study suggests your body shape ...

It is considered obvious today that Earth is roughly a sphere and that it can be measured like any spherical object. Scientists technically call it an oblate spheroid, but it is still sphere-like in ...