Spearmint, a variety of mint closely related to peppermint, is widely enjoyed by brewing it into a tea. Drinking spearmint ...

Potentially catastrophic risks to life as we know it have prompted dozens of eminent scientists to hit the brakes on their ...

Potentially catastrophic risks to life as we know it have prompted dozens of eminent scientists to hit the brakes on their ...

“Mirror bacteria” could evade people’s immune systems, they suggest, causing deadly infections. Such infections could also lead to a substantial proportion of plant and animal species being displaced, ...

For example, the molecule carvone can smell of either spearmint or caraway seeds, depending on which "mirror" version of the molecule you get this scent from. Other mirror molecules have much more ...

The three olfactory substances used (dihydrojasmone and two forms of carvone) are agonists of the receptor, i.e. they are all capable of activating it, giving rise to different odors, which makes ...