For centuries, cooks around the world have been tapping a powerful secret ingredient. It can bind casseroles, tenderize meats, meld with vegetables and…

Could Viagra help stop the spread of malaria? A new study by a team of European scientists makes it look like a possibility worthy of further…

Cats have come a long way from being animals charged with catching mice to treasured, adorable creatures that snuggle with us in our beds. But this…

The predawn rumble of pesticide-spraying trucks is a rite of spring in almost 200 Massachusetts communities. Some $11 million is spent in the state each…

Over the past several years, telescopes have been picking up mysterious radio wave flashes, apparently from far outside our galaxy. Some scientists are…

New screening tests are far better predictors of fetal genetic conditions compared with previous methods, a new study published April 1 in the New England…

Cancer patients or their families often arrive at oncologists’ offices holding printouts about genetic tests that they found on the Internet. The tests…

By now, everyone’s ready for this snow to get plowed out of town once and for all. Scientists say part of the reason we’ve gotten so much snow this winter…

An international group of two dozen scientists says plastics are a hallmark of a new period in geological history. They call it the “Anthropocene,” as…

For most of us, Capitol Hill gridlock is an unavoidable truth we simply accept because there’s really nothing we can do about it. But this past weekend, a…