For decades, biology textbooks have drawn a firm line: viruses are not alive. They lack the machinery to reproduce on their ...

Researchers at the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge have discovered a ribozyme that is shockingly small, yet ...

Welcome to Man of Many‘s last Staff Favourites for January. We’re one-twelfth of the way there, people! Sneaking in with another instalment right before February takes us in its grasp, ...

E = mc2, the equation in German-born physicist Albert Einstein’s theory of special relativity that showed that the increased relativistic mass (m) of a body comes from the energy of ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming how scientists understand proteins—these are working molecules that drive nearly every process in the human body, from cell growth and immune defense to ...

In Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass," Alice is stuck in a never-ending race with the Red Queen yet never gains a lead. "It takes all the running you can do to keep in the same place," the ...

Age-related changes in protein tagging and degradation may help explain how the brain declines over time and why diet can still influence these processes.

A growing legion of “zero trimester” influencers are convincing followers that healthy pregnancies are a choice—and that raw ...

Researchers have engineered magnetically controlled fluorescent proteins that can be remotely dimmed and brightened in cells and living animals. The hope is that these proteins’ magnetic sensitivity — ...

Researchers report an experimental peptide may reduce seizures and protect brain function by targeting stress and inflammation, offering hope for epilepsy therapy.

Chelsea Rae Bourgeois is a health writer and registered dietitian nutritionist with over eight years of experience in the clinical setting. Her writing covers nutrition and overall health topics, ...