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

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.

Russian scientists on Monday showed off the remarkably well preserved remains of a baby mammoth found in the ...

In the center of NGC 5084, some 80 million light-years away, the supermassive black hole around which the whole galaxy revolves has been discovered tipped over on its side, with its rotational axis ...

Ever wondered why the colour of your snot is different when you're sick? You're probably not the first person to ask this ...

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

With billions of children around the world anxiously waiting for their presents, Father Christmas (or Santa) and his reindeer ...

US regulators on Friday approved the first drug treatment for sleep apnea, permitting the use of a weight-loss medication for ...