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Wearable health sensors capable of continuously monitoring changes in the body have become a massive development in health technology in recent years.

A glittering school of silverside fish may remind you of a disco ball, a dazzling display made up of many tiny mirrors.

In the quest to find ways to help us live at a healthier level for a longer period of time, researchers are turning to existing drugs for clues.

There's something wrong with the center of the Milky Way.

This Week in Science: A galactic flip, 'programmable heat', and much more! First up: Measles cases in the US have just passed a 'grim milestone': 2026 has already beaten 2025's total, reaching the highest numbers in 35 years.

If you click on the TV and hear a voice from your childhood saying, "That idiot box is going to rot your brain!" - you're not alone.

While it's also produced naturally by the body, creatine is perhaps best known as a 'muscle supplement': It helps boost supplies of the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) energy source that all cells need.

Photons act in freaky ways that remind us that nothing is as it seems at the smallest scales and most fundamental levels of existence.

It seems inconceivable, even if you're aware of the perilous situation that the world's water supplies are in, but a developed coastal city in Texas that more than 300,000 people call home is now in serious danger of running out of water.

As a kid, I used to put a toy stethoscope to my cats' and dogs' bellies to listen to all the strange sounds (and even tried it on myself a few times).