Rather than rely on plant-derived products, biotech companies are engineering bacteria and yeast to produce ingredients for fragrances.
Rather than rely on plant-derived products, biotech companies are engineering bacteria and yeast to produce ingredients for fragrances.
Are the “carcinogenic” chemicals that are produced when foods are cooked really cause for concern?
Guppies with experimentally shrunken brains produced more offspring than guppies bred for larger noggins, confirming a long suspected tradeoff of bigger brains.
A new study finds that an Alaskan population of the fish has quickly evolved in response to warming temperatures.
Researchers survey global incidence of 56 zoonotic diseases to identify the hardest hit countries.
A nuclear war could have profound effects on crops yields around the world, according to a new study.
As nonconventional medical treatments become increasingly mainstream, we take a look at the science behind some of the most popular.
A federal appeals court upholds the Environmental Protection Agency’s right to regulate air pollution under the Clean Air Act.
Louisiana’s salt marshes are recovering from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, but some areas have been irreversibly lost.
A single camera unit can capture a moment in time at a mind-boggling resolution.