Stunning pictures of nebulae, stars, the moon and more took top prizes in this year's astrophotography competition, organised ...

The enigmatic tiger cats of South America now encompass a new species – the tilcayo – bringing the number of known tiger cat ...

Texts from imperial China suggest that some crimes were punishable with unusual amputations and a 700-year-old skeleton ...

Plug-in solar panels offer reduced bills and can help boost renewable energy on the UK's grid, but concerns around their ...

Tiny bursts of exercise once an hour could boost your cognition at school or at work, adding to the evidence of how important ...

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 ...