A black hole bomb - an idea first proposed in 1969 - has now been realised in the lab as a toy model made from a rotating ...

In 2004, a remarkable life-saving public-private health project began on Equatorial Guinea’s Bioko Island, off the coast of ...

A global biopharma is fighting malaria in endemic countries through partnerships that harness R&D, broaden access to ...

An Austrian site occupied by humans from around 24,000 to 20,000 years ago documents a switch towards hunting reindeer for ...

A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...

A carnivorous caterpillar species camouflages itself with dead insects so it can live safely alongside spiders, stalking ...

Last week astronomers reported hints of biological activity on a distant planet, but a re-analysis of their data suggests the claimed molecules may not be there at all ...

Most supplements that claim to help your brain have never been thoroughly tested, but one has convinced even the most ...

People in the US are reading for pleasure less and less, despite it being linked to better sleep, improved mental health and ...

Scientists have found scour marks on the seabed made by giant icebergs about 18,000 years ago, and they could offer clues to ...

UK show Adolescence is sparking debate about the harm of social media. We need a series to do the same for the most pressing crisis of our times, says Bethan Ackerley ...

A man who lived in Roman-occupied Britain was bitten by a big cat, probably in a gladiator arena, an analysis of his remains ...