Once the stuff of sleepless gamers and skateboarders, energy drinks now promise glowing skin, sharpened focus, and ...

By now, you’ve probably heard that seed oils are the nutritional villain du jour. A recent study takes a more measured, science-forward look at omega-6 fats, asking whether they might actually play a ...

Wine lovers have probably experienced this. When opening a bottle, a smell similar to that of a damp basement or a wet dog ...

Taurine is a popular ingredient found in many energy drinks, like Monster and Red Bull. It's also abundant in our food: the average adult diet provides between 40mg and 400mg of taurine daily. A new ...

From oceans in motion to jobs in migration, from intelligence nuance to vaccine defiance—this week’s reads navigate ...

Are the additives in our food quietly conspiring against our health? A new French study dives into the tangled web of food ...

Science thrives on challenge, not conformity. Many scientists would agree with that statement, yet they often equate truth ...

Once upon a pandemic, Ivermectin was the controversial darling of DIY medicine — hailed as a miracle by some, horse-dewormer ...

While sleep is universally acknowledged as vital to health, how much we should and do sleep depends heavily on culture, ...

She never earned a PhD—but she earned a Nobel Prize. Born shortly after World War I, Gertrude Elion revolutionized modern medicine with the invention of lifesaving drugs, from leukemia treatments to ...

Ever had a kidney stone? If not, congratulations. You’ve never screamed while trying to pee out microscopic shrapnel. It ...

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed systemic weaknesses in our disaster preparedness infrastructure. Despite prior warnings, ...