Award winning wines tend to have high ethanol and sugar levels. according to a recent paper in the Journal of Wine Research that sought to know what characteristics were prevalent in the wines that…

A new study worries that teabags containing plastic come with a dose of micro- and nano-sized plastics. It's in Environmental Science&Technology, ironically published by the American Chemical…

Cuticular structure in a Late Maastrichtian crab, Costacopluma mexicana, from deposits near the town of from near Paredón, Ramos Arizpe in what is now southern Coahuila (formerly Coahuila de Zaragoza…

After Friedrich Wohler accidentally synthesized urea in 1828, chemical synthesis - and organic synthesis for that - has been a driving force in pharmaceutical innovation. We live longer and better…

First discovered in 1947 by Bedouin shepherds looking for a lost sheep, the ancient Hebrew texts now known as the Dead Sea Scrolls are some of the most well-preserved ancient written materials ever…

Urban beards are all the rage this decade, often worn by men in Euroweenie tight suits who want to hearken back to older times, when men were manly and not afraid of science. Not so today. If you…

eyesalve. It consists of two species of onion, wine, and cow bile.  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/11504166/Anglo-Saxo...

SmirnoffDrake's  Woo meter: 6, for vegan, gluten-free, kosher, Non-GMO Project, USDA Organic, and suggesting they are healthy alcohol. Square One Cucumber Vodka, which is their regular rye vodka…

Another paper has disqualified claims by organic industry trade groups, sympathetic academic journalists, and trial lawyer organizations that the weedkiller glyphosate, which acts on plants, somehow…

Bisphenol S (BPS) and bisphenol F (BPF) are chemicals used in the lining of aluminum-canned food and drinks (to prevent spoilage). They were rolled out as a replacement for bisphenol A (BPA), a…