To understand where climate change is heading, we have to look at the planet’s distant past and appreciate the disturbing ...

In a small study, restricting calories led to greater weight loss among people with a biological age younger than their ...

Humans have been observing solar eclipses for millennia – carving, painting, sketching and finally photographing as the moon ...

The super El Niño now developing in the tropical Pacific has a 90 per cent chance of becoming the strongest in 150 years, ...

When it comes to supplements to stave off the effects of ageing, columnist Graham Lawton admits he is a hardened sceptic. But ...

When researchers found evidence of a black hole flying out of its galaxy, nobody knew how that could happen. Now we have an ...

For example, during an explosive space battle scene in Star Trek, a crew member is tossed out into space and suddenly into ...

We tend to think of the brain as being made up of highly specialised cells, but a study in mice suggests that most neurons ...

The French delicacy foie gras could be made more ethically thanks to a technique that replicates the way fats are metabolised in force-fed birds, although the process still depends on farmed animals.

Mathematicians who helped unify laws of physics and cracked decades-old problems in geometry are among this year's recipients ...

For the second time in a week, a long-standing conjecture has been disproved by artificial intelligence, highlighting the ...

An exoskeleton suit helps people sprint faster, according to the results of a small study. Elite athletes could one day use the suit in training sessions to improve their running performance, although ...