It has long been observed that men with older brothers are more likely to be gay, but an association has also been found with ...

The wellness boom has brought a wide array of consumer products that promise to boost your health and happiness. Xand van ...

For the first time, researchers have seen a humpback mother interacting with her stillborn calf, reporting that she stayed ...

Mice with half a brain experienced significant improvements to their cognition and movement when they received brain ...

Optical illusions thought to have influenced the design of the Parthenon in ancient Greece are not backed up by evidence or ...

A new twist on nuclear fusion ignition emitted X-rays that are as bright as some stars, which could enable other extreme ...

Don’t read The Ambidextrous Universe unless you are serious about maths and physics, because Martin Gardner is very happy to make his readers work – to enthralling effect, says Jacklin Kwan ...

Adult chimpanzees have been observed passing tools to their younger relatives, helping them learn the skills needed for fishing for ants or algae ...

Determining how useful different quantum computers are has been a long running challenge – now researchers appear to have the ...

Detailed data on the Roman Empire’s entire road network is offering fresh insight into how Romans built their infrastructure ...

Scientists can now get more accurate safety data by testing drugs on organ-on-a-chip devices and organoids, meaning that ...

Fewer people are reading for pleasure, but getting lost in a good book has repeatedly been linked to substantial cognitive ...