Brain imaging studies shed light on why humans have chewed gum for 8,000 years with research showing chewing activates ...

Brain imaging studies shed light on why humans have chewed gum for 8,000 years with research showing chewing activates regions tied to attention and stress regulation.

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests ...

New research shows that Alzheimer's may not be a disease but rather an infection. Recent studies found that there is a strong correlation between gum disease (chronic periodontitis) and Alzheimer's.

New research shows that 'hacking' the communication channels between microbes in the mouth could boost levels of beneficial ...

An ‘extraordinary year' of special events marked 100 years since the York confectionery businessman, social reformer and ...

From Jorge Luis Borges to George Orwell and Margaret Atwood, novelists have foreseen some of the major developments of our age. What can we learn from their prophecies?

Tree bark has a total surface area similar to all of the land area on Earth. It is home to a wide range of microbial species ...

Everyone has tasted honey. Sweet, golden, and familiar. But very few have ever had the chance to bite into a honeycomb—the ...

Did you know that ancient Romans used urine as a teeth whitener? (Gross, but true. ) Or that in 16th-century England, soot ...

Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that ...

NASA is juggling a rare medical evacuation from the International Space Station and the countdown to its next crewed lunar ...