Ancient Egyptians rubbed their bald heads with a mixture of dates, dog’s paw and donkey’s hoof; Celtic cures involved mice in ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity — or not.

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The inventor of the first portable saw wanted to find a better way to cut sugar cane than the normal way by using a machete.

At the time, Wolfgang Petersen’s 'Outbreak' was too farfetched to seem true. Now, it just seems eerily prescient.

Researchers have identified an ancient RNA-guided system that can target DNA, potentially expanding the genome-editing toolbox.

A 6,000-year-old forest emerged from melting ice in Wyoming, revealing ancient climate shifts while warning of modern global ...

Spaghetti and meatballs is an American dish, not Italian. The Italian word for meatball is polpette. Many countries around ...

This was an alarming start to the idea of gene de-extinction. As we know from movies like The Thing, digging up frozen ...

For over a century, scientists have analyzed the vast microbial world within the human body. They’ve found bacteria, fungi, ...

With its ancient age and rich biodiversity, Lake Tanganyika is an evolutionary biologist's dream. That 2003 study indicates ...