The food isn’t the only thing your body may be responding to at the dinner table. A new Science Advances study found that participants had a smaller rise in glucose when a…
Did human beings exist before they were born? Here’s what science can and can’t prove
The question sounds simple until we ask what “you” actually means. Your DNA existed in biological pieces before conception, your body developed before birth, and your brain began learning while you were…
If there is alien life out there, where is it? Researchers are still trying to explain the silence
Scientists have spent decades looking for evidence of extraterrestrial life without confirming a single alien organism or technological civilization. That silence has created one of the most intriguing questions in modern astronomy:…
A Sugar in Red Meat May Help Explain Its Link to Diabetes, Early Study Finds
Red meat and type 2 diabetes have been linked for years, but nobody has pinned down why. A French research team now has a suspect with an unusual résumé: a sugar humans…
Is age reversal possible? David Sinclair’s ER-100 is putting the idea to the test
For decades, “reversing aging” belonged mostly to science fiction, supplement marketing and speculative longevity research. That changed in 2026 when ER-100, an experimental therapy developed by Life Biosciences, moved into human testing…
Is death a black hole with no escape? Science and religion draw very different conclusions
Death can feel like the ultimate point of no return. A person stops breathing, the heart stops permanently, brain function ends and nobody who has crossed irreversible death has returned to describe…
Feijoa Powder May Help Lower Blood Pressure, Early Clinical Trial Suggests
Researchers at the University of Auckland went looking for one thing in a familiar New Zealand fruit and found another. They wanted to know whether daily feijoa powder could help adults with…
Placenta-Derived Membrane Linked to Faster Erection Recovery After Prostate Surgery
A surgical technique using tissue derived from donated placentas has been linked to faster erectile recovery after prostate cancer surgery. In 2026 findings involving more than 4,000 men, those who received dehydrated…
Study Links Prenatal Paracetamol Exposure to Shorter Anogenital Distance in Male Infants
A Cambridge study found that boys exposed to paracetamol during early pregnancy had shorter anogenital distances, a measurement associated with male reproductive development. The difference was observed among infants whose mothers reported…
Scientists Discover a Cellular Switch That Could Help Prevent Stomach Cancer
Helicobacter pylori is one of the world’s most common bacterial infections, yet most people who carry it never develop symptoms. The troubling part? The same bacterium is a major cause of stomach…