In a world of plasticky water filter pitchers, I tested two of the new generation of stainless-steel filter systems.

When Henry Perky invented Shredded Wheat in the late 19th century, critics likened it to eating a “shredded doormat”. Even ...

A Texas biotech company is trying to bring mammoths and other extinct creatures back to life. The science is as intriguing as ...

Legendary Prankster Adam B stages a frantic competition to see who can breach a miniature vault versus a massive ...

Not even an asteroid blast could kill it.

I read with great interest and serious concern the article in the Union Leader “Ancient Microbes survived ice age, and a NH lab is seeking their secrets.” Why am I concerned about this information? We ...

Researchers have revealed how bacteria precisely control the genes that trigger cell division. The study shows that the MraZ protein, which normally forms a donut-shaped structure, must bend and ...

A super-tough microbe may be able to survive being blasted from Mars into space—opening the door to interplanetary life transfer.

Bill Sullivan receives funding from the National Institutes of Health. People have long given up on the search for the Fountain of Youth, a mythical spring that could reverse aging. But for some ...

Elon Musk’s vision for the future of Tesla has finally rolled off the assembly line. Last month, a Tesla factory in Texas built the first Cybercab, a driverless electric car with neither a steering ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The first eukaryotes—the cells that form complex life—likely originated when two microscopic entities merged via a process called endosymbiosis, ...

The Carlisle-based Giant Company announced Thursday it will purchase two grocery stores in southwestern Pennsylvania. The grocery store chain reached an agreement with Bob and Joe Appleby to acquire ...