Problems with sleep often show up much earlier than more recognizable symptoms in people who develop Alzheimer's disease, but ...

For more than a century, scientists have been trying to figure out how a falling cat lands on its feet with such astonishing regularity.

Since fertility treatments such as in vitro fertilisation (IVF) began, there has been concern they could cause cancer.

An old NASA science satellite plunged uncontrolled from orbit and reentered over the Pacific on Wednesday. The US Space Force said the Van Allen Probe A came in west of the Galapagos Islands. NASA ...

The European Space Agency said it is investigating a fireball that streaked across the skies of Europe on the weekend before ...

Research points to a key bone-strengthening mechanism at work in the body, which could be targeted to treat the bone-weakening disease, osteoporosis.

A never-before-seen 'chirp' in the light of an exploding star has revealed new clues about the engine powering some of the brightest supernovae in the Universe.

Whether it's enjoying a podcast, listening to music, or chatting on the phone, many of us spend hours a day using our headphones.

COVID vaccines saved millions of lives, but months into the rollout, a small number of people began developing dangerous ...

A new study of esports gamers has found that sparkling water could be better than still water if you want to maintain concentration and alertness over long sessions at a desk. On two separate ...

The pitch is compelling: a single sample of blood could scan the body for dozens of different cancers at once, catching disease at a stage when it is easier to treat and more likely to be curable. For ...

The discovery that bumblebee queens could shake it off and emerge unscathed after more than a week submerged in water stunned scientists back in 2024.