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

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

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

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

Fitting exercise in during holidays can be tricky. But this period, which can mean more social events and fun as well as ...

The borderlands of black holes ought to be chaotic spaces where the rate at which matter is drawn across into oblivion is ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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