We know that a person’s outlook can have a huge effect on their health, and it’s no different when it comes to ageing. Columnist Graham Lawton looks at new evidence of just how powerful our attitude i ...

World-leading expert and award winning scientist Daisy Fancourt shares the science of how the arts can transform our health, make us happier and even help us live longer ...

Gerd Faltings shocked mathematicians around the world for his 1983 proof of the Mordell conjecture, which brought together ...

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We are constantly told to watch out for the health risks of eating ultra-processed food, but should you be worried every time ...

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The Perseverance rover has found tiny crystals that seem to be rubies or sapphires inside pebbles on Mars, where they have ...

The neurodegenerative condition chronic traumatic encephalopathy appears to be driven by damage to the blood-brain barrier ...

OVO, from Cirque du Soleil, is named after the Portuguese word for egg. It is a simple tale about a quirky fly that brings an ...

Abigail Marsh has found that many psychopaths don’t want to be cruel and uncaring, and argues that they deserve support to ...

An upcoming book from presenter and author Dallas Campbell collects both iconic and lesser-known images of space, from ...

Climb onto the rim and things look even weirder. You see a flat, narrow ridge with a horizon fairly close, as it curves away ...