The risk of getting the coronavirus from a surface is low. But the frequent hand-washing from early in the pandemic is a good thing since most people weren’t washing their hands enough to begin with.

People sneeze for many reasons and in many ways. One of them is to protect your airways from irritants and infectious disease.

We studied people's brains while they held tools correctly and incorrectly.

During a raging pandemic it is obviously worthwhile to use hand sanitisers, particularly when we are unable to wash our hands. But we should minimise their use when cases drop.

The fossil hand of a 4.4 million-year-old skeleton could offer clues to how early humans moved and began to walk upright.

A treatment that combines physical therapy and a noninvasive way to stimulate nerve cells helps people with spinal cord injuries use their hands and arms.

A new device that can recognize hand gestures based on electrical signals in the forearm could one day control prosthetics.

Inaction over the next few months could cost tens of thousands of lives. Here are things you should do now to stay safe and to stop the spread of the coronavirus.