Immense progress in gene editing, drug discovery and conservation are just some of the reasons to be cheerful about 2025 ...

Scientists used a clinical-grade gum in experiments to "substantially" lower viral loads of two herpes simplex viruses and two influenza A strains. The post Scientists’ new gum stops spread of flu and ...

England appears to be on the edge of a shift away from its traditional Labour-Conservative axis, to more radical parties such ...

Nicotine is the drug that keeps people coming back to cigarettes, but not the substance that causes serious health effects in ...

Talk about a sugar rush! NASA may have just come a little closer to cracking one of science’s most enduring mysteries — how life on Earth got started. The space agency has reportedly discovered ...

Samples retrieved by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission from the asteroid Bennu are revealing significant information about the early history of our solar system and the origin of life’s fundamental ...

Scientists have found mysterious space gum vital to creating life in an asteroid sample. Sugars essential for biology have been discovered in a gum-like substance in fragments from the Bennu ...

The prehistoric birch tar found in Estonia contained traces of saliva that were analysed by genetics experts A piece of stone age “gum” chewed by a teenage girl 10,500 years ago has been discovered by ...

In his 1974 graduation speech at Caltech, Richard Feynman said words that every scientist should always live by: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest ...

The life of an astronaut comes with a lot of poking and prodding. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Artemis 2 astronauts will be ...

New trial results show that intense gum disease treatment reduces how much the carotid artery narrows in otherwise healthy individuals. This suggests oral health should be taken seriously as a ...

These simple, DIY science experiments for kids will help combat "summer slide" — and your kids will be having so much fun, they won't even notice that their brains are getting a workout. The best part ...