From where the Camellia sinensis bush is grown to whether the leaves are withered or fermented, much can influence the popular drink’s molecular and flavor profile

As more adults cut off their parents, a researcher calls for closer scrutiny of causes and effects, and suggests paths to reconciliation

Keeping global warming to manageable levels will require removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and storing it somewhere else. The world’s oceans may be a promising option.

Once considered cellular junk, non-coding RNAs are emerging as key players in everything from brain development to cancer — with much still to be discovered

Nets equipped with water bottles and other tricks can help save some species, while allowing fisherman to still catch others

Built from thickets of glucose, galactose, mannose and more, the glycome plays key roles in cell communication, immunity and the blood-brain barrier

Renewable technologies need a multitude of critical minerals. The seabed could supply these riches. But at what cost?

OPINION: Is it absurd to think that science can inform our values? Not at all, says writer KC Cole.

Scientists are trying to name the qualities that make someone wise and figure out how to cultivate them

Several massive multimillion dollar experiments should soon reveal more about the nature of these ghostly particles

Some creatures can dramatically alter their internal temperature — a strategy called heterothermy — and outlast storms, floods and predators