A new study identifying molecules that suppress the heat of chili peppers hints at the possibility of adapting these ...

Throwing a little heat on your meal might be an effective strategy for cutting back on calories, according to a new study led ...

NTNU researchers may have found the answer to one of the big, unanswered questions in physics. The universe is full of ...

As rates of depression and suicide in youth spike, experts are asking whether social media makes kids depressed — or whether ...

Lightning is a phenomenon that has fascinated humanity since time immemorial, providing a stark example of the power and ...

Many atheists consider themselves to be highly rational people who rate evidence and analytical thinking above religion, ...

Across the globe, water scarcity is no longer a distant concern—it’s a present and growing crisis. Today, more than 2.3 ...

We’ve all felt the sting of guilt when fruit and vegetables go bad before we could eat them. Now, researchers from MIT and the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) have sho ...

A new study shows that our ability to recall details about familiar objects, like a banana’s typical color, depends on strong ...

Clambering through the bush on one of Indonesia’s Lesser Sunda Islands, suddenly you spy a Komodo dragon in the clearing ahead. Forked tongue flickering; sharp, saw-like teeth glimme ...

Sets of metabolites found in blood and urine reliably correspond with how much energy from ultra-processed food a person ...

By combining information from many large datasets, MIT researchers have identified several new potential targets for treating ...