Science isn’t always serious. Sometimes researchers ask questions that seem silly at first, like why toast lands butter-side ...

Mayo Clinic scientists have uncovered a new way to pinpoint “zombie” cells tied to aging and disease using DNA-based molecules called aptamers. One potential key to treating many diseases may lie in ...

It’s a cosmic puzzle piece that doesn’t seem to belong to any known set. We all know the Moon has a side that always faces away from us, but it turns out that far side might be hiding something ...

Beer and wine, staples of human history for millennia, are still yielding new surprises. Recent research highlights how yeast extracts can cloud lagers, gluten can be quickly detected with a simple ...

Marine researchers exploring extreme depths say they have discovered an astonishing deep-sea ecosystem of chemosynthetic life that’s fueled by gases escaping from fractures in the ocean bed. The ...