Tirzepatide, the active ingredient behind the popular weight loss drug Zepbound and the diabetes drug Mounjaro, has more tricks up its sleeve. Research out this week shows that it can do wonders for ...

I was tempted to say, “why don’t you buy the book,” but that sounded a bit too self-serving. So, let me dig into the science which centers around a small molecule called acrylamide. The International ...

My husband was recently describing something that happened on a past holiday. It wasn’t a significant event, but it sounded pleasant. I, however, had no recollection of what he was telling me. He ...

"Life may be chemistry, but it's a special circumstance of chemistry. Organisms exist not because of reactions that are ...

Scientists at the University of Melbourne have uncovered for the first time how Australia's iconic Twelve Apostles were ...

A new study analyzing Mount Everest expeditions spanning more than a century has found that death rates among climbers have ...

Less than a year ago, astronomers discovered a comet soaring through our sky that was not from our solar system. Although we ...

Insomnia may have been torturing humanity since ancient times, but over the last 20 years scientists have made progress in ...

Today’s octopuses are intelligent, remarkably flexible animals that lurk in reefs, hide in crevices, or drift through the ...

Imprisoned for heresy, Gerardus Mercator later created a map that transformed navigation forever. We explore why his ...

During the fall semester of 2025, I taught a graduate seminar entitled “Darwinian Thought and Society.” While teaching should ...