Why was an Egyptian mummy stuffed with a fragment of Homer's Iliad? Archaeologists have found something unexpected inside a 1,600-year-old Roman-era Egyptian mummy: a fragment of Homer's Iliad. It wasn't placed beside the body, but inside the mummy's abdomen.

A rare cancer-fighting plant compound has been decoded Scientists at UBC Okanagan have uncovered how plants produce mitraphylline, a rare natural compound with promising anti cancer potential. The team identified two enzymes that work together to build the molecule’s unusual twisted structure,...

Scientists discover a weak spot shared by polio and common cold viruses Scientists at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, have uncovered a crucial trick used by enteroviruses—the group behind diseases like polio, myocarditis, encephalitis, and even the common cold—to reproduce inside...

Iodine deficiency is creeping back. Vegans, vegetarians and pregnant women are most at risk Iodine deficiency is often seen as a problem of the past, but this isn't entirely true. During the 20th century, the iodization of salt became one of the most effective public health interventions for...

Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon, is also the solar system's largest satellite, even larger than the planet Mercury. It is also the only celestial body aside from Earth (and the gas giants) to have an intrinsic magnetic field.

Old newspapers track porpoise populations across the Baltic Sea Harbor porpoises were once found across a much wider area of the Baltic Sea than they are today, including regions where they are now rare or absent.