Scientists tested two species against each other to see which was more likely to fall for an optical illusion.

A deadly fly once wiped out across North America has resurfaced in northern Mexico – and it’s creeping ever closer to the US ...

“Most so-called women’s running shoes aren’t truly designed for women,” first author of the study Dr Chris Napier – assistant ...

To ask about the health benefits of moving nearer a golf course has the whiff of someone desperately trying to use scientific research to convince their partner that living next to Gleneagles is a ...

Clubbed fingers – where the tips become bulbous and nails curve downward – can be a subtle sign of underlying disease. They can be associated with low oxygen levels in the blood over time. While heart ...

When the core set of symptoms are the same, how can you tell diabetes type 1.5, or LADA, apart from it's famous cousins?

Memory is the gift that guides us through life – from finding our way around to recognising our family and friends. We rely on our memories to maintain the story of who we are, allowing us to lead ...

The Big Bang may have actually been the explosive rebound of a collapsing black hole – one which our entire Universe could still be inside of. That’s the claim of a new study led by Enrique Gaztañaga ...

It all used to be so simple. The story of how we – that is Homo sapiens, today’s humans – emerged from Africa and spread across what’s become Europe and Asia was a neat, straightforward narrative. It ...

Scientists have, for the first time, directly visualised and counted tiny protein clusters in the human brain that may be the earliest triggers of Parkinson’s disease. The clusters – called ...