Category: 1. Edi-Choice

If you walk into a grocery store, you’ll likely see piles of fruits and vegetables waiting to be purchased. But these foods didn’t always look this way; many were domesticated — that is, selectively grown for certain characteristics — over…

Snacking on treats high in saturated fat this winter could trick your body into storing more fat, a recent study has found.

Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) found that dietary fats can influence how our bodies…

Some of the last dinosaurs in the world were healthy and thriving right up until the day they were annihilated by…

Crystals used in applications as varied as lasers, LEDs and the semiconductors used in sensors found in astronomical instruments could someday be ‘drawn’ rather than ‘grown’, leading to higher performance and lower costs.

A team led by Elad Harel…

So You Fell for a Robot—‘Chatfishing’ Is Taking Over the Dating Apps

By Deni Ellis Béchard edited by Andrea…

A super-Earth exoplanet in the habitable zone of its star has been detected less than 20 light-years away, putting it near the top of the list for best places to look for life beyond our solar system.

The planet, known as GJ 251c, orbits a red…

On July 1, astronomers at the…

Scientists have identified five distinct “sleep profiles.”

And based on their analysis, the researchers concluded that there’s more to a good night’s sleep than the length of sleep or whether it was fitful. Both genetics and emotional states such…

A hefty chunk of blackened material recently found smoldering in the Australian outback is likely part of a secretive Chinese rocket, experts claim. The charred debris likely crash-landed shortly after failing to completely burn up upon reentry…

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