Imbibing even the smallest amounts of booze can raise your risk of dementia, according to the largest combined observational ...

Alongside a balanced diet, being physically active, getting good-quality sleep, drinking only minimal alcohol, and not ...

The new guidelines also emphasize the fact that diet can have a major impact on blood pressure. They recommend that all ...

The world's second-largest diamond could soon find a new home in a museum or a sheikh's collection – but first needs to be ...

Daylight saving time, that yearly yawn-a-thon that kicks in each spring, may not just affect our bodies temporarily.

What gives rise to human consciousness? Are some parts of the brain more important than others? Scientists began tackling ...

Paleontologists have discovered a new species of megaraptor dinosaur in Argentina, along with a startling clue about what it ...

A tiny particle that smashed into Earth with a record-shattering energy of 220 petaelectronvolts could be the last scream of an evaporating black hole.

Life truly is radiant, according to an experiment conducted by researchers from the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada.

A small group of leopard sharks has been seen – and caught on film – engaging in a three-way bout of reproductive hanky-panky in the wild.

When we sleep, the body releases its 'growth hormone', building up and repairing muscles and bones – but the details of how ...

More than a decade after mysterious holes were first discovered in the permafrost of Western Siberia, scientists are still ...