Ever wondered why chocolate tastes so good? From rich drinks to gooey cookies, humans have loved the sweet stuff for ...

Hydrogen is already an important source of energy. The $250 billion industry supports fertilizer production, steel manufacturing, oil refining, and dozens of other vital activities. While nearly all ...

According to Gary Wessel, a professor of biology at Brown, the “two targets” of hormonal birth control in women are the ovaries and the uterine lining for implantation. A hormone called ...

The brain’s function and integrity emerge not only from properties of individual regions, but, more fundamentally, from the intricate web of connections ...

Scientists at UC San Diego have moved one step closer to unlocking a superpower held by some of nature’s greatest “masters of disguise.” Octopuses, squids, cuttlefish and other animals in the ...

After conventional wisdom seemed to make peanut allergies worse, a 15-year scientific journey led to “landmark” recommendations that now appear to be reducing their incidence.

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically ...

Cardiometabolic diseases, including cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, obesity, and metabolic syndrome, represent a growing global health burden, ...

Dr. George Tidmarsh, the Food and Drug Administration’s top drug regulator, was placed on administrative leave and is ...

Anomalous” heat flow, which at first appears to violate the second law of thermodynamics, gives physicists a way to detect quantum entanglement without destroying it.

Elite Auto Works, a Sacramento-area automotive care specialist, is implementing advanced paint protection film installation methods that emphasize the scientific properties of self-healing film ...

Chimpanzees use a variation of the "scientific method" — discarding prior beliefs if convincing new evidence comes along to ...