Shared meiosis proteins show surprising functional differences across animals
Every egg cell and sperm cell depends on meiosis, a tightly choreographed process in which chromosomes find their…
Small, Chicken-Like Dinosaur May Have Had a Jaw Built for Fruit
Fossils from Montana show a small oviraptorosaur with a jaw that slid front to back, a feature shared…
Fruits and vegetables 50% less nutritious than in the 1960s, new study finds
Be sure to drink your ovaltine. Fruits and vegetables are only half as nutritious as they were 60…
Sticky situation: FDA weighs in on gummy dietary supplements
In a perspective published in The Journal of Dietary Supplements, a team of scientists from the Office of…
A survey of 371,000 adults links heart disease to eating whole fruit less often
A survey of more than 370,000 US adults compares whole fruit and juice habits across cardiovascular diagnoses, with…
Moving Abroad Helped Me Feel Healthier; Eat Better for Cheaper
On the seventh morning of a $135 “respiratory cleanse,” I stood in my Atlanta kitchen staring at five…
A study of more than 21,000 adults found an unusual link between psilocybin and diet
A large UK cohort study examined whether psychedelic use, environmental attitudes, and everyday food choices might be connected…
Developer uses AI to recreate fruit fly’s brain network inside video game
A developer has used OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra to run a model of the fruit fly’s 166,700-neuron brain network…
What 107 professional MMA fighters actually ate before and after weigh-in
A detailed look at what professional fighters eat and drink across the critical hours from their final weight…
Satellite DNA acts as a barcode for matching chromosome pairs
The body cells of humans and animals contain a double set of chromosomes. One half of the genetic…
Cryo-EM provides real-time glimpse of cellular machinery reading DNA inside living organisms
All living things have a fleet of tiny copy machines that turn instructions from DNA into RNA, the…
NOW’s testing of vitamin C gummies on Amazon returns ‘deeply disappointing results’
This is NOW’s 24th round of product policing since it initiated its testing program in 2017 to evaluate…