Some of the healthiest foods may quietly fuel gut inflammation in people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). The compound, called oxalate, is abundant in foods such as spinach, almonds, and sweet potatoes. It is best known for contributing to certain kidney stones, but new research suggests that oxalate left inside the digestive tract may also [...]

In a two-year head-to-head trial, researchers found that two very different dietary approaches produced similar changes in body weight. A Mediterranean-style eating plan adapted to Southern food preferences helped participants lose about as much weight as WeightWatchers over two years, but it produced substantially greater improvements in reported diet quality. The comparison was part of [...]

A rare tidal disruption event exposed a massive wandering black hole about 30,000 light-years from its galaxy’s center. A star was torn apart nearly 30,000 light-years from the center of a massive nearby galaxy, exposing a black hole where astronomers rarely see one. The unusually distant flare revealed an extremely rare “wandering” black hole and [...]