MINNEAPOLIS — Stephen Colbert is away from late-night TV following emergency surgery last week — the comedian's appendix burst. That made us wonder: What does the appendix do for our body? And why are ...

For more than a century, the human appendix has been written off as a biological relic, a shrunken leftover from plant-eating ...

Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...

You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...