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

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

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

A new study reveals how specialized microbes might convert Martian regolith into durable, life-supporting structures. Since the moment humans first walked…

Surface-bound gels may have offered the structure and chemistry needed for life to take hold on Earth—and possibly elsewhere. How did…

A new study reports that the locations where genes begin are particularly prone to mutations, and these genetic changes can be…

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

Researchers studying Yellowstone’s depths discovered that small earthquakes can recharge underground microbial life. The quakes exposed new rock and fluids, creating…