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One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.

Symptoms of depression in middle age could point towards the likelihood of dementia later in life, a new study shows, which could perhaps enable precautions and treatments to be put in place earlier.

A new study has measured the levels of indoor air pollution emitted by everyday home appliances, revealing which ones you might want to think twice about running.

Dressed in an orange puffer jacket, Japanese scientist Yoshinori Iizuka stepped into a storage freezer to retrieve an ice core he hopes will help experts protect the world's disappearing glaciers.

Every now and again, a stellar object is caught zooming across space like a white rabbit, extremely late for a very important date.

How is it December already? What happened to 2025? And how did we suddenly jump from eating Easter eggs to putting up Christmas trees? To understand why our perception of time seems to bend and warp, we need to dig into how our brains tell time in .. ...

Glioblastoma is a particularly aggressive cancer, but encouraging results from a new study testing two common supplements on glioblastoma tumors could potentially lead to a new way to treat the disease.

One of the best visualizations ever produced of the spectrum of light from our glorious Sun reveals some mysterious holes in its array of colors.

The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in the last 125,000 years, and temperatures continue to rise.

Few old ladies would turn down a nice cuppa.