Urine isn't the most pleasant liquid, but it had its uses to the ancient Romans, who used it as a potentially unexpected ...

One of the worst parts about getting older is that your joints will inevitably begin to give you trouble, and you can all but count on it after 60.

We've known about Roman self-healing concrete for centuries, but thanks to a discovery at Pompeii we may finally know the ...

In the 1980s, a bacterium was genetically modified to produce more alcohol and some scientists feared that it could wipe out ...

Enterprising scientists have discovered that women have the smellier farts pound for pound, but men tend to make up for this ...

Scientists studying a strange fish fossil from a Welsh beach resolved a centuries old taxonomic mystery between long-nosed and snout-nosed fish.

Scientists found that adding poop char into concrete is not just good for the environment, but makes the concrete 42% more ...

A study of the effects of close-quarters cohabitation among a group of scientists nearly ended after a drunken brawl and ...

Scientists studying how humans acclimate to the low pressure, low oxygen environment of Mount Everest were shocked at the ...

A pair of student scientists working in a museum took a second look at a fossil and discovered an entirely new species hiding ...

Distinct smells have been associated with certain diseases, but the association has been difficult to explain. But now they ...

When it comes to the difference between white and yellow corn, it all comes down to beta-carotene, but even then, there's ...