Iodine deficiency is on the rise among people in the UK, the US and Australia. A century ago this led to drops in IQ, height ...

For decades, scientists have tried and failed to explain how the force that binds the heart of atoms together really works.

Boosting the brain's waste-disposal system is increasingly showing promise for Alzheimer's disease, with a study now ...

SARS-CoV-2 virus, which emerged in Wuhan, China, in late 2019. The ensuing pandemic has killed millions worldwide. Vaccines have made the condition much less fatal for those who have been vaccinated, ...

An incredibly powerful flash of X-rays spotted by the Einstein Probe telescope appears to be a kind of explosion first ...

Fears that artificial intelligence could rise up to wipe out humanity are understandable given our steady diet of sci-fi ...

AI predicted that a forgotten breast cancer drug could be repurposed to treat many respiratory and gastrointestinal viruses, ...

For those who want a little help composting, take a cue from James Woodford’s experience raising worms – both the small ...

Photographer Lalo de Almeida has been documenting the industrialisation taking place in the Amazon rainforest after the ...

The arrival of Uber in US cities hasn't reduced the number of traditional taxi drivers, but it has cut their hourly wages by up to 10 per cent, say economists ...

What happens if you stop banning drugs? New Zealand is about to find out – and the rest of the world is watching Less liver ...

A fossil bed in China containing animals up to 554 million years old suggests that we may have to reconsider the idea that ...