Some followers of a ketogenic diet say their sky-high cholesterol isn’t a problem, but cardiologists disagree.

After 20 years of orangutan observations, scientists have discovered that orangutans seek out plants with healing properties ...

Trillions of dollars worth of damage to our planet is being caused by just 10 per cent of the population, study finds ...

These forbidden black holes shouldn’t exist, but they could change everything we know about how these giants are born ...

The latest discovery of nucleotides on an asteroid is making scientists rethink the story of where life all began ...

Sea squirts in the Antarctic could offer us a novel way to kill melanoma cells – that is, skin cancer – without harming ...

The Terminator echoes don’t end there, though. The legged metamachines were made by a team of engineers at Northwestern ...

Although it was once true that washing laundry at high temperatures was more effective, that’s no longer the case. Advances in washing machines and detergent technology mean that most clothes can now ...

When a female animal mates and then retains sperm inside her reproductive tract, it’s known as sperm storage. The process enables sperm to be stored alive and well for prolonged periods and then used ...

New biotech is helping scientists pull back the curtain on the developing brain and reveal the causes of autism.

Sexual reproduction only began to improve when early animals began facing more stress and competition, a study suggests.

Despite its popularity, kissing is by no means universal. A study of 168 cultures published in American Anthropologist in 2015 found that only 46 per cent practised romantic lip kissing. In cultures ...