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Plastics are now everywhere, with tiny fragments found in several major organs of the human body, including the placenta.

Most of us can hold our breath for between 30 and 90 seconds.

The pain of gout has been with us for millennia at least, but scientists have gone back much further in time - more than 20 million years - to bring back a gene that could help treat the condition and others like it.

If you're one of the 63 million Americans who went hiking last year, chances are you've found yourself needing to go, with no toilet in sight.

There's growing evidence that the mix of bacteria in the gut affects obesity risk, and new research backs up the thinking that 'good' bacteria transferred via fecal microbiota transplants (FMT) could help boost metabolic health across several years.

The brain has its own waste disposal system - known as the glymphatic system - that's thought to be more active when we sleep.

Type 5 diabetes has been recognised as a distinct form of diabetes by the International Diabetes Federation.

If you've ever tried to lose weight, you've probably been told that cooking your own meals is the way to go.

The asteroid Ryugu is an echo from the deep, distant past.

Adhering to a Mediterranean diet has been found to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease even among individuals who are genetically predisposed to developing the neurodegenerative condition, according to a study by researchers in the US.