A nutrition scientist found that the reality show’s contestants’ metabolisms slowed after participating—and didn’t recover.

The authors of “Food Intelligence” answer listener questions and discuss how our food systems make staying healthy an uphill ...

Colonization deprived us of the means to provide for our families and live a Yurok way of life. The Yurok people’s ability to ...

When the Nobel committee called, Fred Ramsdell did not pick up. Plus, searching ancient archaea for solutions to modern antibiotic resistance.

Discover space-age technology for growing fresh food and get hands-on as you investigate how hydroponics systems can combat ...

Author Sam Kean writes about how experimental archaeology engages the senses and offers an intimate look into ancient history ...

We check in on some exciting space missions and projects from IMAP to LIGO. Plus, climate tech companies that have our attention.

We check in on some exciting space missions and projects from IMAP to LIGO. Plus, in “Dinner With King Tut,” Sam Kean shows how experimental archaeology can recreate the stinky, slimy, and tasty parts ...

To save the rare flower from disappearing, a group of volunteers simulated rolling wildfires on a tiny island near Chicago.

Discover how scientists engineer foods for space missions, then design your own solutions for extreme environments on Earth.

A reconstruction of an ancient skull suggests that humans could have evolved half a million years earlier than thought. Not ...

In “Dinner With King Tut,” Sam Kean shows how experimental archaeology can recreate the stinky, slimy, and tasty parts of ...