Tiny fragments of plastic are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, particularly through our food ...

There's something special about the APOE2 variant of the APOE (apolipoprotein E) gene: People who carry it tend to live ...

The preprint website arXiv has announced that researchers who have put their names to papers that included errors clearly ...

After decades of stigma, researchers are studying cannabis and its compounds like never before. As regulations and ...

There's something living in the fog – but you'll be glad to know that it's mostly friendly. Researchers at Arizona State ...

An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo believed to have killed more than 90 people has been declared an ...

A joint European-Chinese spacecraft is set to blast off Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and giant ...

Trying to persuade kids to eat healthily is a challenge many parents face, and a small new study suggests that pregnancy ...

Scientists in South Korea have developed experimental contact lenses designed to send electrical signals through the retina ...

Getting older might seem like a slow, gradual process – but research suggests that this is not always the case.

That's why so many discoveries are made not in the field, but in museum backrooms, among wonders half-forgotten for decades.

Although your genes play a powerful role in the way you age, a new study of people around the world suggests that it's not ...