Scientific evidence is lacking to support the US government’s decisions to caution against using a common painkiller in ...

A fossil from about 66 million years ago reveals a species of dinosaur that is new to science, with claws that would have ...

Comparing a map of the neurons in a nematode worm - the connectome - with a map of how signals travel across those neurons ...

Particles similar to axions, the leading candidate for dark matter that has long eluded detection, may have already been ...

It has been suggested that lava tubes - underground tunnels carved out by molten rock - might be on Venus, and now we have ...

The revelation that endometriosis is linked to autoimmune disorders is opening up a whole new way to treat this painful and ...

We used to think that deforestation in the Amazon would dry out the local climate, but the effects may be even more extreme ...

Reading books and listening to audiobooks tap into different elements of cognition, each with their own benefits. So which ...

For the first time, researchers have mathematically proven that a quantum computer can solve a particular task faster than an ...

Using the quantum states of particles of light as currency could make for unforgeable transactions, and a new experiment has ...

Chimpanzees are consuming significant levels of alcohol from their diet of ripe fruit and the finding may help explain the ...