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 ...

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

Many grooves and dimples on the surface of the brain are unique to humans, but they’re often dismissed as an uninteresting ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Fentanyl is the deadliest illegal drug in US history by far. It’s often described as the ultimate high, but it’s actually an ...