How “evolutionary medicine” helps create drugs that prevent antibiotic resistance
How do you stop a bug from becoming a superbug? Beat it at Darwin’s game
The butyrate produced by your gut bugs is good for your health
Gut bacteria make butyrate when they break down resistant starches. But the science of how you can boost it is proving to be personal
Meet Gerty Cori, the Nobel-winning biochemist who uncovered how the body stores and consumes sugars
Cori's work determined glycogen storage "disease" had several subtypes, each with a unique molecular cause
Scientists recreated ancient Earth's ocean hell to figure out how life began
The experiment also suggests that extraterrestrial life could also emerge on Mars, Europa, and Enceladus
Could drinking hydrogen help people with asthma?
A new study shows how hydrogen tinkers with cells to reduce inflammation
Scientists recreated a key step for the origin of life at hydrothermal vents
Simulating alkaline environments from 3 billion years ago showed formation of precursor cells is possible
Fights are good for science. Just ask Elizabeth Nolan or Louis Pasteur
Disagreements over Nolan's findings on slowing down bacteria are just part of a healthy scientific process
Gamers are one-upping nature and computers by designing whole new proteins
Building elaborate structures from scratch is difficult for computers, but in the hands of a gamer...
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Meet Dorothy Hodgkin, the biochemist who pieced together penicillin, insulin, and vitamin B12
Her work helped save millions of lives from infection, diabetes, and anemia
Meet Elisa Izaurralde, who decrypted the mystery of messenger RNA
She made big contributions to our understanding of tiny cellular machinery
Goldfish can survive without oxygen for months by basically getting drunk
"It's bizarre to see this kind of enzyme in anything with a face"
Meet the first Black woman to earn a PhD in chemistry
Marie Maynard Daly worked at a time when our understanding of DNA was changing in big ways