The key change is an ancient defense system. Basically, these tomatoes are manufacturing a version of an alkaloid whose ...

Atomic clocks — among the most precise instruments humans have ever built — have been keeping track of Earth’s spin since the ...

According to a provocative new study, that might just be our cosmic address. This idea is meant to solve one of the biggest ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

“These objects collect the dark matter that helps them become a dark dwarf. The more dark matter you have around, the more ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a system that mimics natural selection inside living mammalian cells ...

The drug is Ambroxol. It’s been used for decades to treat respiratory ailments by thinning mucus and easing coughs. But now, ...

The OTOF gene encodes otoferlin, a protein that plays a critical role in hearing. It helps transmit sound signals from the ...

Poveglia is a layered time capsule of tragedy. It was once a bustling community which was turned into a quarantine zone, then into a psychiatric hospital, then fell into ruin. And while it’s often ...

Two processes sculpt the bones of the face: bone formation and bone resorption. Picture tiny sculptors adding and shaving away material, cell by cell. By examining where and how these molecular ...

In a new study, participants from China, Lithuania, and the United Kingdom consistently rated men with low-to-moderate body ...

Some Cells are “Unaware” The main objective of this study was to explore how cells and tissues respond to the death of the organism they once belonged to. “In life, genetic and epigenetic ...