As we get older, our brains start to change in ways that make them increasingly vulnerable to disease – and a detailed new ...

A fifteen-year-old dubbed "Belgium's little Einstein" has completed his PhD in quantum physics in what could be record time.

Scientists have pinpointed precise regions in the human genome where DNA is most likely to develop a mutation.

Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas recently revealed that she'd "thought that was it" after a fish bone became lodged ...

Hydralazine has been used to treat high blood pressure for many decades, even though it's never been exactly clear how it ...

Two large gold deposits discovered in China may hold a collective mass of over 2,000 metric tons (2,200 US tons) of the ...

"Young, alpha-rich stars are quite rare and puzzling. The combination of youth and ancient chemistry suggests this star ...

The Mexican government will build a supercomputer with a processing capacity seven times greater than the current most ...

"Meteorites provide the cheapest form of space exploration. They transport us back in time, providing clues to the age, ...

A new study has found that people are more likely to act kind towards others when Batman is present – and not for the reasons ...

We know exercise is good for us, but scientists are still figuring out why, at the most fundamental and molecular level.

An investigation into why blood doesn't always behave as doctors expect has revealed a super-rare mutation in an extremely ...