To understand why kangaroos hop -- a rarity among animals -- researchers have studied the musky rat-kangaroo (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus), a diminutive marsupial that weighs only 500 grams but is the ...

Food scientists have reclassified dietary fibers -- beyond just soluble and insoluble -- to better guide nutritional decisions and drive targeted health food products.

Science journalist and self-proclaimed eco-nerd Ziya Tong had her home, food and body tested for microplastics while making the documentary Plastic People.

The dream of a flat, lightweight telescope lens, where microscopic etchings precisely refract different wavelengths of light, ...

With so many options on the market, finding the best protein powder for your specific needs can be a big lift.

Members of the Safe Leaf Society sent pre-rolled joints for testing and found higher microbial levels than allowed and less potency than advertised.

The researchers and base personnel remain in Antarctica for approximately 15 months working through the cold and dark winter ...

As the world gets closer to the mark 1.5 degrees Celsius in Paris climate agreement, scientists are racing to establish a ...

Two different teams of astronomers have detected oxygen in the most distant known galaxy, JADES-GS-z14-0. The discovery, ...

Northwestern Medicine investigators have uncovered new insights into how intercellular "glue" functions to enable ...

The latest discovery marks the furthest detection of oxygen ever made and defies what we thought about how galaxies formed in the early universe.

Scientists using two enormous telescopes — one on Earth and the other in space — have detected oxygen in the most ancient known galaxy, a star-scape beaming light just 300 million years after the Big ...