Scientists have identified the molecules that make our clothes smell. Dirty laundry smells bad because of certain chemicals called volatile organic compounds, which can’t always be washed out on an ...

In global public health, disease-fighting tools that are cheap, available and sustainable are the Holy Grail. It might be hard to top the one being tested in Tanzania as a way to prevent malaria: ...

Life is busy. Every second counts. So wouldn’t it be nice not to have to change one’s socks for days and days on end? (Of course, we all know people who find this eminently achievable.) Happily, ...