A series of experiments shows that bees respond differently to tastes depending on their internal states, hinting that they ...

A cave on the Turkish Mediterranean coast was inhabited first by Neanderthals and then Homo sapiens, but the continuity of ...

In our efforts to keep our brains healthy, how do we know what is working? Helen Thomson explores a new generation of tests ...

After a short career as a veterinarian, Rachel Neale pivoted to a career in medical research. She is internationally ...

How much sunscreen should you be using, when should you apply it, and are there any downsides to doing so? Skin cancer expert ...

A TED talk and then a film, William Kamkwamba’s story of how he worked to provide his rural Malawian village with electricity ...

The fate of the Atlantic Ocean current that keeps Europe’s climate warm depends on our carbon emissions and the rate of ice ...

Our brains are large compared with other animals, so it is tempting to assume there was an evolutionary advantage to them – ...

Some marathon runners and other athletes swear by beetroot juice shots, but is there evidence they really do anything for our ...

AI companies are hiring philosophy graduates to help them understand the nature of consciousness, whether it can be ...

A crater at the edge of the Yucatán peninsula in Mexico was created by a massive asteroid that hit Earth 66 million years ago At the end of the Cretaceous Period 66 million years ago, an asteroid the ...

An experiment that involved feeding a dead goat to a Komodo dragon as well as an analysis of thousands of ancient bones ...