A large clinical trial found that changing how much sweetness people consume does not affect their preference for sweet ...

Scientists have developed tiny metal-oxide particles that push cancer cells past their stress limits while sparing healthy ...

New research reveals that sorbitol, a common sugar alcohol used in “low-calorie” foods, can behave much like fructose once ...

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since ...

Fossils reveal that anacondas evolved their impressive size early in their history and maintained it for more than 12 million years.

An archaeon reads the same codon in two different ways, overturning a doctrine that has stood for 60 years. Living organisms ...

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere. How did life first take shape? A group of scientists from Japan, Malaysia, ...

Researchers monitoring the unstable Barry Landslide in Alaska have identified a new class of short, high-frequency seismic signals that appear seasonally. Since 2020, researchers have equipped the Bar ...

Across all 1,000-year simulations, the team observed no meaningful decline in extreme heat events. Instead, heatwaves remained above preindustrial levels for at least a millennium. In certain regions, ...

Researchers studying Yellowstone’s depths discovered that small earthquakes can recharge underground microbial life.

Small, pale spots on the reddish-orange landscape of Mars have turned out to be a new clue that parts of the planet may once ...

The results indicate that the elements essential for life formed within extreme, highly energetic environments deep inside ...