Scientists are racing to protect the world’s seeds from natural disasters and war. But what happens when those disasters come ...

A very clever cow has learned to use sticks to scratch herself, the first time sophisticated tool use has been seen in ...

What really causes your blood fats to skyrocket? Groundbreaking discoveries have delivered surprising new answers.

And there’s a wealth of evidence to back this up. For example, a recent Harvard study, analysing data on 221,000 people, found that eating more butter was associated with a higher risk of heart ...

The pre-Roman baths of Pompeii would have been seriously grotty, according to an analysis of mineral deposits.

Researchers are edging closer to a universal antiviral drug, a single medicine that could treat every virus known to man.

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Omega oils could be a powerful shield against ageing and heart problems, but there’s a lot of conflicting advice about what ...

Researchers working in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest found that mosquitoes captured deep inside nature reserves showed a striking ...

When babies are born vaginally, they pick up helpful bacteria from their mum as they pass through the birth canal.

A new study finds that climate change has already cut incomes in the US by around 12 per cent since 2000. The figure is a ...

The research is in its early stages but offers “encouraging” evidence of a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s ...