A computer simulation of stars near the centre of our galaxy offers an explanation for their mysteriously young appearance – ...

People who follow a gluten-free diet in the hope of it calming their irritable bowel syndrome may actually be able to ...

Employees who trialled a four-day work week for six months said they slept better and felt that their ability to work ...

Physicists would dearly love to find new particles, but there's no sign of them in colliders like the LHC. Now we have found ...

Octopuses can be tricked into thinking that a fake arm is part of their body, suggesting they have a sense of body ownership ...

Farms commonly spread crushed limestone on fields to make the soil less acidic – and this practice can also help remove ...

Small, compact galaxies seen in the early universe have puzzled astronomers – finding these unusual objects closer to home ...

Grazing livestock and farming over the past 4000 years have rapidly accelerated the rate of soil loss in the Alps, ...

In human beings, egg cells need to survive for about five decades, much longer than most other cell types – and they may ...

A wave of anti-vaccine sentiment has spurred measles outbreaks around the world, and could lead to outbreaks of other ...

A cancer-killing virus could soon be approved for use after shrinking tumours in a third of people with late-stage melanoma ...