Medical and recreational cannabis use is now legal in many parts of the world, but questions remain about its effect on ...

This week the World Health Organization (WHO) released new guidelines recommending people switch the regular salt they use at ...

A paradox at the heart of quantum physics has been tested in an extraordinary fashion, pushing the boundaries of human ...

On 27 December last year, astronomers using the ATLAS survey telescope in Chile discovered a small asteroid moving away from ...

An experiment in Sweden has demonstrated control over a novel kind of magnetism, giving scientists a new way to explore a ...

An enormous chunk has broken off the world's largest iceberg, in a possible first sign the behemoth from Antarctica could be crumbling, scientists told AFP on Friday.

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper and lower mantle. Specifically, they incorporated data on the damping of ...

The 'Last Ice Area' is expected to be the final place in the Arctic where ice persists all year round even as our planet warms up – but a new study suggests the region, and the ecosystem that relies ...

Most people with dementia in the US are unaware of their condition. A population-based study in Texas has now found that four out of five people with probable dementia have not received a formal ...

Research on the gut microbiome has triggered a 'revolution' in nutritional science, and in the last few years, dietary fiber ...

One reason that tonsils may grow back is that one of the operations to remove them is a partial tonsillectomy. Only removing ...

The surface of our Earth is wriggling with life: it's the defining feature of our planet, which, far as we know, makes it ...