The Sweetener in Your Diet Quietly Harms Your Heart

The Sweetener in Your Diet Quietly Harms Your Heart

Artificial sweeteners have long been marketed as healthier alternatives to sugar, but growing evidence suggests that they may carry hidden risks. Among them, aspartame stands out in a newly published study as a possible contributor to atherosclerosis, a condition...
Keep Your Hair from Turning Gray

Keep Your Hair from Turning Gray

Hair graying is a common and visible part of aging that many people hope to delay or avoid. While the beauty industry offers a variety of cosmetic products to cover gray hair, there are still very few options backed by science that can actually slow down the process...
The Cancer Therapy Starves Tumors Using Your Own Fat Cells

The Cancer Therapy Starves Tumors Using Your Own Fat Cells

In the ongoing effort to find better ways to fight cancer, scientists have developed a creative approach that uses the body’s own fat cells in a surprising way. Instead of allowing tumors to consume all the energy they need, researchers have engineered fat cells...
You’ve Been Cooking Eggs Wrong

You’ve Been Cooking Eggs Wrong

When cooking eggs, one of the biggest challenges is getting the right texture in both the yolk and the white, also called the albumen, which is the egg white that surrounds the yolk, without breaking the shell. These two parts of the egg need different temperatures to...
Lab-Made Chromosome Gets an Upgrade That Brings It to Life

Lab-Made Chromosome Gets an Upgrade That Brings It to Life

Building a chromosome from scratch may sound like science fiction, but scientists have actually done it—and made it work. In an ambitious effort, researchers created a completely synthetic chromosome for yeast, a common organism found in baking and brewing. The real...