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Male flies have been genetically engineered to produce poisonous proteins in their seminal fluid, a technique that could be employed against pests and disease carriers ...

Whether AI can assist in cancer detection has been subject to much debate, but now a real-world test with almost 200 radiologists shows that the technology can improve success rates ...

A person in Louisiana who became severely ill with a bird flu virus known as H5N1 in December has passed away from the infection, marking the first known bird flu death in the US ...

Lead records from Arctic glaciers indicate that people all over Europe would have been affected by pollution from metal smelting during the Roman era ...

Wastewater treatment plants in the US may discharge enough "forever chemicals" to raise concentrations in drinking water above the safe limit for millions of people ...

Throat vibrations made by people who find it difficult to speak, such as after a stroke, can be analysed by AI and used to create sentences ...

Many people decide to give up alcohol during January. But is this actually helpful in the long-term and are there better, easier ways to change our drinking habits, asks Ian Hamilton ...

Simulations suggest Pluto and its largest moon may have gently stuck together for a few hours before Charon settled into a stable orbit around the dwarf planet ...

A velvet ant sting is like "hot oil spilling over your hand" - now, scientists have identified molecules in its venom that let it deliver excruciating pain to a variety of other animals ...

The many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics invokes alternative realities to keep everything in balance. Has solving a century-old paradox now undermined their existence?