Diamond is well-known for being the hardest natural material on Earth, though synthetic forms have been developed that are even tougher – a feat that researchers have managed again, through a new ...

A US company successfully landed its spacecraft on the Moon on Sunday, marking only the second private mission to achieve the milestone – and the first to do so upright.

Ever set off too many of the bitter taste receptors on your tongue? You probably spat out whatever it was in your mouth, and that's our best guess for why we even have them: to stop us from ingesting ...

Our ancient ancestors have done some interesting things to human bones over the years, but one example from the Iron Age Iberian Peninsula is a real puzzle.

Liquifying your oranges, celery, beets, and apples into a delicious drink is commonly seen as a refreshing way boost nutrient ...

Danish archeologists have uncovered a 4,000-year-old circle of wooden piles that they say could be linked to Britain's world-renowned Stonehenge.

A new study charts in detail the relationship between physical activity and dementia risk, with significant drops in risk ...

Wrangling head lice, and the children they infest, must be up there with the most challenging duties a parent or carer has to ...

In 2023, neurologists at a memory clinic in China diagnosed a 19-year-old with what they believed to be Alzheimer's disease, ...

Computer simulations suggest that evolution itself could be evolving, depending on environmental pressures. This would mean ...

There are certain stereotypes about how relatively chatty men and women are, but what does the science say? A comprehensive ...

The future of navigation will integrate quantum sensors to enhance location accuracy (via Earth's magnetic and gravitational ...