Millipedes aren’t perhaps the world’s most sought-after animals, but in all those legs, there is chemical gold. The humble arthropods have just opened new secrets-one which might actually be a cure ...

​​For something curative and healing, most medicines have a surprisingly noxious taste. From bitter-tasting syrups to the persistent metallic aftertaste of certain tablets, why do many of our best ...

A team of MIT geochemists has unearthed new evidence in very old rocks suggesting that some of the first animals on Earth were likely ancestors of the modern sea sponge.

An illustration of an ignis fatuus, or will-o’-the-wisp, by Josiah Wood Whymper from the book Phenomena of Nature (1849). Some call them will-o’-the-wisps; others call them ignis fatuus, Latin for ...

A research team led by Prof. Chu Yannan at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, has uncovered a new way to detect cancer early—by analyzing the invisible chemical ...

For scientists, though, one big mystery still remained. Although will-o’-the-wisps are not actual flames and occur at ambient temperatures, they still have to ignite somehow. The source of that ...

We're all just trying to be as healthy as we can, but consuming too much health content can quickly lead to a fear of chemicals altogether.

You’ve probably been there: standing in the beauty aisle, flipping over a fancy moisturizer, only to be greeted by an intimidating wall of chemical names, plant extracts, and percentages. It’s enough ...

South SF lab uses AI to strip hallucinations from psychedelics while keeping therapeutic benefits. Silicon Valley optimization culture meets ancient medicine.

New research from Japan's iron-rich hot springs shows how early microbes may have harnessed iron and oxygen during the Great Oxygenation Event.

Alexander Fleming was doing experiments with bacteria when he woke up to a strange mold growing in his petri dish. The "mold juice" would usher in the first antibiotic, penicillin, and would ...

It can be hard to feel good about your skin care routine when so many products come in plastic and you’re constantly pushed to try new and more things. The temptation is everywhere: ubiquitous and ...