The discovery that brain ageing may be driven by jammed-up protein factories could lead to better ways to help us stay sharp ...

The Trump administration is attempting to argue that greenhouses gases don’t endanger people to reverse regulations limiting ...

Several researchers who have been critical of Colossal Biosciences’ plans to revive extinct animals say they have been ...

A stroke of lighting that lasted more than 7 seconds and flashed across 829 kilometres is officially the longest ever ...

From a fresh take on Stephen King’s The Stand to a new novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky set on a poisoned world, August has a ...

Tattoos may have been widespread in prehistory, with scientists discovering a plethora of body art on a pastoralist who died ...

The prebiotic properties of human milk could be harnessed to treat a bacterial strain known to cause problems for ...

People who consume some artificial sweeteners are less likely to respond to certain cancer therapies, potentially because of the impact on their gut microbiome ...

New tests to gauge an individual's circadian rhythms could be put to good use helping night workers fend off the ill effects ...

Hexagonal diamond up to 60 per cent stronger than normal diamonds could be used to create super-tough drilling and cutting ...

Creatures that lurk more than 9000 metres deep in the Pacific Ocean get their nutrients from a surprising source ...

A giant stick insect species found in Australia’s Wet Tropics named Acrophylla alta can reach 40 centimetres in length and ...