Each week, we bring you a quick and easy experiment you can do at home to explore a concept in science. This week, we build a ...

Every cell in the human body carries the same 3 billion letters of DNA, yet a neuron, a heart muscle cell and a pancreatic beta cell each use that shared code to do entirely different jobs. How cells ...

The enzyme tRNA-guanine transglycosylase (TGT) chemically modifies transfer RNA (tRNA) and plays a key role in how ...

Your intestine completely rebuilds its inner lining every few days—one of the fastest renewal processes in the human body.

Today’s computers need safeguards against random energy fluctuations. Thermodynamic computers would put those fluctuations to ...

Probiotics for kids may help manage diarrhea, support immune health, and promote useful gut bacteria. However, research on their benefits for children is limited, and they may not always help. When ...

A probiotic strain in kimchi helped mice excrete twice as many nanoplastics in a lab study, but human studies are still needed. Kimchi contains probiotics and fiber that support gut health, digestion, ...

“You’re the eighth rheumatologist that I’ve seen,” the patient told me. She ticked off her symptoms—pain, fatigue, and what she described as a sense of brain fog—which she’d lived with for years. Some ...

You may take probiotics to help reduce symptoms of certain medical conditions, bolster your immune health, improve depressive symptoms, and even promote weight management or mental wellness. Not ...

During tissue repair, mature, specialized cells can revert to a stem cell–like state via cellular programs like paligenosis. We show, in stomach chief cells, that the protein YAP1 is activated in ...

Is language core to thought, or a separate process? For 15 years, the neuroscientist Ev Fedorenko has gathered evidence of a language network in the human brain — and has found some similarities to ...

A popular brand of ground cinnamon is being pulled from store shelves nationwide due to concerns about possible lead contamination. Haitai, Inc., based in Cerritos, California, announced a recall of ...