All life forms, anywhere in our Universe, are chemically connected yet completely unique.
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In polarized times, our shared cellular origin can unite us in solidarity and awe — from the embryonic scale to the grandest cosmic perspective.
Asymmetric organocatalysis is an environmentally friendly way of accelerating chemical reactions and creating specific types of molecules.
We have long thought that Pluto was completely frozen solid, but the discovery of cryovolcanoes challenges that assumption.
Simple physics makes hauling vast ice chunks thousands of miles fiendishly difficult — but not impossible.
We cannot afford to dream about living on other worlds while we continue to destroy ours.
Human thinking is antiquated.
A “bio-battery” made from genetically engineered bacteria could store excess renewable energy and release it as needed.
If something exists, it is by definition natural.
The synthetic cartilage was made from cellulose fibers — the stuff found in wood — mixed with a goo called polyvinyl alcohol.
It is easy to mock Nobel Laureates who go astray, but eccentricity often accompanies brilliance. We should have some sympathy.
∆G = ∆H – T∆S is one of the most abstract formulas in science, but it is also one of the most important. Without it, life cannot exist.
Frustrating failures sometimes lead to great breakthroughs.
Scientists turn to nature to improve a ubiquitous building material.
There are almost no standards governing the cannabis industry. Your favorite weed strain may contain unpleasant surprises.
If you want to have foamy beer inside the comfort of your own home, you need to invest in a special nucleated glass.
One research group’s AI-based drug discovery platform could be redesigned to discover VX nerve agent and 40,000 similar chemical weapons.
The Miller-Urey experiment showed that the building blocks of life could form in the primordial soup. But it overlooked one key variable.
Caffeine does something, but it’s not clear exactly what.
Centuries ago, the typical British coffeehouse was more like a “school without a master” than a place to grab a quick boost of caffeine.
Without Benjamin List and David MacMillan, chemists would still be using metals and enzymes to catalyze chemical reactions.
There may be a symmetrical interdependence between order and chaos.
Before gunpowder was introduced to the West, medieval Arabs devised grenades using crockery.
Whether or not life exists elsewhere in the Universe, we can be assured of one thing: We are the only human beings in the cosmos.
When scientists tested this hydrogel on mice, they had cleaner teeth than most humans.
Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 confirmed exoplanets — very few of which resemble Earth.
Put two grapes close together in a microwave and you’ll get an electrifying result, all because of the physics of plasmas.
It could make enough drinking water for a family of four.
People discovered prehistoric fossils long before Charles Darwin published “On the Origin of Species.” The remains of these unknown creatures often puzzled their discoverers.
A new study says the reason cave paintings are in such remote caverns was the artists’ search for transcendence.