Are synthetic food colors bad for you? Here is the science.
Synthetic food colors—and their links to neurobehavioral issues in children—are having a moment. Last month, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed […]
Environment
Why finding bird flu in an American pig for the first time is raising new concerns
At least one pig has contracted bird flu amid an outbreak in poultry on a backyard farm in central Oregon.
A phone app can help people have lucid dreams
If you want to have a dream where you know you’re dreaming, you might be in luck. A phone app
A common drug may help treat a rare genetic disease
DENVER — A drug found in nearly every medicine cabinet could be a treatment for a rare genetic disease. Ibuprofen
A twisted protein sheds light on chronic damage disease in deer
The misfolded proteins responsible for a fatal neurological disease in deer have a twist. The first detailed structure of an
The virus after an outbreak in Brazil can spread from mother to fetus
A virus that caused a major outbreak in Brazil this year can be spread from a pregnant woman to her
Fossil teeth hint at a surprisingly early start to humans’ long childhood
An extended childhood, a hallmark of human development, may have had an ancient and unusual beginning. One of the earliest