In 2019 alone, the US generated 66 million tons of food waste. The majority of that waste (60 percent) ended up in landfills.

Study of rotting human cadavers hints that a puzzling chemical marker in Neanderthal remains could be from eating the larvae.

The most significant molecules found are ethylene glycol and glyconitrize—both of which are ingredients for compounds in DNA ...

A microscopic discovery in a California lake sparked buzz and controversy more than a decade ago when it was first revealed.

Complex organic molecules found floating around a distant protostar could mean that space is far richer in life's precursors ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers have found complex organic molecules—key ingredients for life—around a young star ...

Tentative detections of life-linked molecules in a star’s disk suggest planets may form with the ingredients for life already ...

Earthquakes crack rocks, releasing hydrogen and oxidants that power deep microbes without sunlight offering clues for life on ...

Co-author Dr. Tushar Suhasaria, head of MPIA’s Origins of Life Lab, said: “We recently found ethylene glycol could form by UV ...

In the 1950s, Stanley Miller and Nobel laureate Harold Urey conducted experiments at the University of Chicago in which they ...

A larger than life Cofi chef is aiming to be big Down Under after his recipes went viral. BAFTA Cymru winner and fire-chef ...

A futuristic rice plant just 10cm tall could feed astronauts and help make Moon bases possible — and maybe even transform ...