6+ hour, 12+ min ago  (620+ words) Babies are exposed to many more 'forever chemicals' before they're born than previously thought, new research suggests, as the potential harms of these substances continue to be investigated. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been used extensively in industry and…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (506+ words) Sought-after ashwagandha supplements could soon be easier than ever to make. Scientists have engineered yeast to produce the active ingredients of this traditional herbal medicine, potentially reducing the need to grow and cultivate the whole shrub. Powdered extracts of ashwagandha…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (453+ words) In the heart of our galaxy, scientists have discovered the largest sulfur-bearing molecule ever detected beyond Earth, with significant implications for the study of the cosmic origins of life. When examining the molecular cloud G+0.6930.027, a star-forming region about 27,000 light-years…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (625+ words) The je ne sais quoi that gives Black Ivory coffee its smooth, chocolatey flavor may lurk deep in the bowels of Earth's largest land animals. According to a new examination of the microbes that live in the guts of Asian…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (813+ words) A critical nutrient used to produce the neurotransmitter serotonin may have turned up in samples collected from asteroid Bennu by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission. Tryptophan is one of the nine essential amino acids that the human body cannot make on its…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (682+ words) Fossilized remnants of ancient carbon from the heart of South Africa's Mpumalanga province have just yielded the earliest chemical evidence yet of life on Earth. According to a new analysis using machine learning, fragmentary traces of carbon from the Josefsdal…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (683+ words) A tiny, particle-sized engine that runs at temperatures approaching the innermost core of the Sun could open a window into the smallest extremes of thermodynamics. By levitating a single particle of silica in a vacuum and blasting it with synthetic…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (628+ words) What's the best way to reveal what an exoplanet is made of? Wait for it to get gravitationally shredded and engulfed by its star, of course! Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory on Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, have spotted such a gruesome…...

3+ mon, 4+ week ago  (798+ words) To study the inner workings of an atom's nucleus, scientists have traditionally relied on sophisticated particle colliders to blast nuclei apart with electrons. These colliders often require large facilities, some spanning kilometers, that can accelerate electrons to breakneck speeds in…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (727+ words) For the first time, astronomers have seen life's building blocks in ice beyond the borders of our galaxy. Among a mix of complex organic molecules trapped in ice circling a newborn star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, researchers found ethanol,…...