Octopuses can be fooled into thinking a fake arm is actually their own. When scientists in Japan pinched an artificial ...

The most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – and one of the most consumed drugs in the US – could be doing a lot more than ...

The devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic may have left a significant mark on our brains, even if we didn't get sick.

However, giving birth, and looking after a newborn, would be far more difficult in zero gravity. After all, in space, nothing ...

Over the years, the guidance on eating eggs has been wildly inconsistent, with some studies suggesting that the popular ...

Pregnant mice exposed to the base ingredient of most vape 'juices' develop babies with smaller, narrower skulls, a new study ...

Deep in the ocean, bone-eating worms from the genus Osedax feast on the carcasses of whales, sucking up fats and proteins ...

In a recent study, we tested pine wood chips and biochar – a form or charcoal made from heating rice husks in a limited oxygen chamber, a process known as pyrolysis – and found they could remove ...

Despite what the movies tell us, dinosaurs probably didn't roar at their prey. It's more likely that they chirped like birds, ...

When they do happen, heart tumors can be quite serious and more aggressive than other cancers. A study analyzing more than ...

Children with a restrictive eating disorder show recognizable changes in brain structure, according to a new study.

Research has also shown sleeping too long (meaning more than required for your age) is linked to health problems such as ...