Saint Nicholas is said to have a twinkle in his eye, but there's a real health condition that creates a similar effect in ...

A study published in 2022 found a tenuous but plausible link between picking your nose and an increased risk of developing ...

Desserts also behave differently once they reach the gut. Compared with foods rich in protein or fat, sugary and carbohydrate ...

A newly discovered exoplanet has to take the crown for the weirdest world we've ever spotted out there in the Milky Way galaxy.

It's one of humanity's scariest what-ifs – that the technology we develop to make our lives better develops a will of its own ...

And modern research is showing we may actually have dozens of senses. Odours in low-fat yogurts can make them feel richer and ...

Reactors designed to produce energy from the fusion of atoms could have an unexpected scientific side benefit.

Large doses of vitamin C may provide our lungs with a degree of protection from the harmful effects of fine particles in the ...

Cats have a reputation for aloofness (and floofiness), but if you and your feline friend aren't bonding, the problem might ...

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port ...

Mathematics is a "science which requires a great amount of imagination", said the 19th-century Russian maths professor Sofya ...

The tension started to emerge from different datasets in the 2000s, mainly from the Hubble Space Telescope, and also recent ...