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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

A New Role for an Old Supplement The participants were given either a placebo or a high dose of creatine — 0.35 grams per kilogram of body weight, roughly equivalent to 25 grams for a 70 ...

Chimp and Neanderthal faces grow beyond adolescence, which explains their more rugged features. Credit: AI-generated image by ChatGPT 4o. Our faces don’t just distinguish us from other people ...

The second approach focused on turning chloroplasts into chromoplasts, which are storage centers for carotenoids found in parts of plants like carrot roots and tomato fruits. To do this, the ...

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 ...

Orchids are among the most popular flowers, admired for their beauty and delicate appearance. But beneath the surface, some orchids hide a darker secret: they live as parasites, stealing nutrients ...