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Extreme weather events and rising seas are putting precious heritage sites around the world in harm's way.

Repeated exposure to shock waves in the line of military duty can leave lasting impressions on the brain and may affect its functionality, new research has discovered, even if the changes don't appear in standard brain scans.

Old age awaits everyone, but it hits some harder - and earlier - than others.

There are an estimated 1 billion domesticated dogs in the world.

In recent years, broccoli has gained a reputation as an excellent vegetable due to its high levels of a particularly beneficial compound called sulforaphane.

Having a fresh cut or sunburn on your skin when you first try a new food could increase the chances of developing an allergy to that food, suggests a new study led by the Yale School of Medicine (YSM).

A supermassive black hole 300 million light-years away has astrophysicists stumped.

"Out of sight, out of mind" is how we often treat what is flushed down our toilets.

Trying to grasp the brain's complexity is a little like trying to comprehend the vastness of space - it feels way beyond our scope of understanding.

A cruel consequence of advanced cancer is the profound apathy many patients experience as they lose interest in once-cherished activities.