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For roughly one in every hundred people, food containing even the smallest amounts of gluten can deliver a gutful of hurt and pose severe risks to their health.

For years, scientists have believed that inflammation inevitably increases with age, quietly fuelling diseases like heart disease, dementia and diabetes.

Water frozen in the darkness of space doesn't appear to behave the way we thought.

At its peak some 3,000 years ago, the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon was the largest metropolis on Earth.

Though it's now clear humans continue to grow new brain cells throughout their entire lives, debate persists over whether this applies to specific areas involved with memory.

Dark dwarfs could be lurking out in the cosmos, according to a new study.

Sport supplements are hard to get away from if you like to exercise regularly.

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) affects up to 3 percent of people worldwide and remains one of the most challenging mental health conditions to treat effectively.

For generations, humans have gazed at the stars and wondered about the ultimate fate of the Universe.

We could be producing concrete that's 30 percent stronger by processing and adding charred coffee grounds to the mix, researchers in Australia found.