Science

New Stanford University research has homed in on two specific gut bacteria-produced metabolites that may protect against the intestinal inflammation associated with diseases such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s.

Doctors are reporting a bizarre case of a woman who urinates alcohol. The woman showed none of the other regular signs of excessive alcohol consumption, leading them to conclude that yeast in her bladder was brewing the booze.

A new report describes three cases of accidental LSD overdoses leading to strangely positive outcomes, including the story of a woman who inadvertently took 500 times a normal dose. New Atlas spoke to Mark Haden, one of the report's authors, to learn more.

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has received a major a new deposit of seeds from several hundred plant species. The addition of seeds from 35 gene banks spread over seven continents brings the total number of seed samples to over a million.

Heart failure isn't necessarily something that happens all at once, but is instead an ongoing condition that has to be monitored. A new wearable is designed to help, by preemptively detecting changes that could ultimately require hospitalization.

The treatment of infections can be challenging, as it takes time to determine if harmful bacteria are even present, and to then figure out which antibiotic would work best. A simple new test, however, is said to answer both questions on the spot.

Archaeologists have used laser technology to map a 100-km (62-mile) Maya stone road that could have been built 1,300 years ago to help with the invasion of an isolated city in modern-day Mexico at the command of the warrior queen Lady K’awiil Ajaw.

NASA and Air New Zealand have entered a first-of-a-kind agreement that will see the carrier equip one of its Q300 aircraft with special receivers to gather data for environmental monitoring, to help track trends associated with climate change.

Two paleontologists at Virginia Tech have found micro-fossils of green seaweed in China that are one billion years old and may be related to the first plants to colonize the land in Earth's distant past, 450 million years ago.

University of Washington engineers are working on a new rocket engine called a Rotational Detonation Engine that promises to be lighter, more efficient, and simpler to make than conventional liquid-fuel rockets .... but it's far less predictable.

One emerging treatment for diabetes involves converting stem cells into beta cells that secrete insulin. Now scientists have developed a more efficient method, and implanting these cells in diabetic mice functionally cured them of the disease.

The Insight lander's primary sensor has pulled in the first ever direct measurements of seismic activity on Mars, which mission scientists can use as window to better understand the planet’s insides and its potential to harbor life.