Research suggests that each elephant has a name
What's in a name? More than simply a sound that people make to get attention, it is outwardly a universal characteristic of human...
Akira Endo, a researcher of statins that reduce the risk of heart disease, dies at the age of 90
Akira Endo, a Japanese biochemist whose research on mushrooms helped lay the groundwork for widely pharmaceuticals to lower cholesterol that causes heart disease, died...
Why doesn’t water help with spicy foods? What about milk and beer?
Spicy foods taste spicy because they contain a family of compounds called capsaicinoids. The foremost offender is capsaicin. ...
Ancient Mayan genomes have been sequenced for the first time
In the spring of 1967, staff constructing a small airport outside Chichén Itzá, an ancient Mayan city in Mexico, encountered an issue: excavations discovered...
The White House bit into a giant pile of food waste
The Biden administration has released for the primary time a national technique to combat a major national problem: food waste.About 30 percent food within...