Aside from maybe high school biology classes, the first time many people heard of mRNA was during the pandemic because of the ...

From saccharin in the 19th century to stevia and monk fruit in the 21st, researchers and the food industry have long sought a ...

Parasitic weeds extract water and nutrients from their host plants. But what makes these parasites so successful? A study led ...

International humanitarian aid organizations rely on analyses from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) ...

Divers have discovered a long-submerged wall some 7,000 years old under the sea off western France, scientists said Thursday.

A 6.7 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after ...

Bacteria are among the most diverse and ancient forms of life on Earth. Yet, much of what is known about them comes from a ...

A comprehensive analysis of 383 U.S. cities reveals a striking pattern: most have rings of isolation in suburban areas and ...

Researchers have found a way to control protein levels inside different tissues of a whole, living animal for the first time.

Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, ...

An extraordinary botanical spectacle is drawing crowds in Rio de Janeiro: several talipot palm trees, planted more than six ...

With science increasingly coming under attack, using humor as a way to get people interested in scientific research is more ...