Despite coming after a year of dangerous weather and signs that global warming is accelerating, COP31 is unlikely to deliver ...

A myriad of novel approaches have recently shown promise for boosting the brain’s waste-disposal system, and now scientists have presented the latest method: lying on a vibrating mattress while taking ...

Humans never evolved to read and write, and around 10 per cent of us are dyslexic. Now, we are uncovering the pathways ...

We often think that our ability to be curious stems from our complex, human brain – but what if curiosity shapes that ...

Analysis of the hair and fingernails of eight mummified Inca children reveals that they were given cocaine and alcohol prior ...

A bit of leg bone from an Aratasaurus dinosaur fossil collected in Brazil has preserved abundant 3D red blood cells in stunning detail ...

From a “modern bestiary” by Richard Dawkins to a book co-authored by Robert Macfarlane and an Ecuadorian cloud forest, there ...

Stimulating a part of the brain linked to mental effort boosts performance in demanding tasks, but also leads to greater ...

Your body uses collagen to give your skin strength and elasticity, so supplements of this protein seem to make sense to ...

An audio drama produced by The Martian author Andy Weir, a fictional autobiography from Michael Moorcock and a new John ...

A woman developed a severe allergic reaction to an antibiotic in her partner's semen after sex, prompting clinicians to call ...

My lovely father died of Alzheimer's last year, and since then, I've been digging into the disease to try to understand what ...