Once gleaming with futuristic ambition, microwave ovens are often taken for granted in our modern kitchens and offices.

For a long time, dieting and exercise were the only realistic options for many people who wanted to lose weight, but recent ...

In tests on cultured, lab-grown cancer cells, the molecular jackhammer method scored a 99 percent hit rate at destroying the ...

Long before we're born, our heart's tissues twitch and convulse in a rhythm that only ceases in our final hour.

Short-term stress eating, such as across the holiday period, can lead to symptoms such as acid reflux and poor sleep – ...

Some 2,600 light-years from our own Solar System dwells one of the most peculiar planetary systems in the entire galaxy. Called Kepler-51, the Sun-like yellow dwarf star was found in 2012 to have ...

An unlucky child born with a heart condition 17,000 years ago also had the earliest known instance of blue eyes.

If you're stuck for something to play with family members or friends, why not the ancient board game found in Shahr-i Sokhta ...

They then observed the self-healing at ultra-small scales in a 40-nanometer-thick piece of platinum suspended in a vacuum.

The speed of the human brain's ability to process information has been investigated in a new study, and according to ...

Mice inoculated with the human gut microbiome had the highest fasting glucose, highest triglyceride levels, lowest ...

Scientists have long known that light can sometimes appear to exit a material before entering it – an effect dismissed as an ...