The ongoing conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has become a situation in game theory known as a war of attrition. The maths behind it can help explain what's going on, says Petros Sekeris ...

Most hospital patients don't brush their teeth regularly, but doing so could cut their risk of developing pneumonia during ...

An injured kea with just half a beak has used what's left as a weapon that gives him dominance over a captive colony of the ...

People with severe sepsis could one day be treated by having their blood filtered to remove a crucial protein that seems to ...

Experiment with nanodiamonds reveals that they are less rigid than other diamonds, adding to our understanding of how they ...

Stress is linked to many of our biggest killers, but a growing body of research suggests that certain types can sharpen the ...

I’m stressed” is a phrase that many of us use, but now there are ways to shed light on how stressed you actually are ...

The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has finished the most detailed survey of the universe to date, and the ...

Patients are requesting that blood transfusions come from people who they know have not been vaccinated against covid-19, ...

A study of more than 10 million siblings suggests that firstborns are more likely to be autistic and have allergies, while ...

Cyclic cosmology, or the big bounce, is the idea that the universe will eventually crunch back together and then go through ...