For all their promise, quantum computers have a hard time modeling the interactions between the two families of building blocks that underlie our Universe – can you imagine a chef that struggles to ...

Just when you thought it was safe to enter the benthic depths of the Indian Ocean, a new eldritch horror emerges from the darkness.

Body fat can bring health benefits as well as health problems, depending on where it is and how much of it there is.

Our early Earth was a heavy metal album cover: a molten ball covered in a global lava ocean, spewing lethal gases while being pelted by the flaming space-rocks of our Solar System's violently chaotic ...

For thousands of years, a mysterious army has stood vigil – silent and impassive in the dark, never wavering from their solemn duty.

But anyone who has slept with a dog knows they can be a total nuisance. They can take over your mattress, snore loudly in your ear, and drool on your pillow. Throughout the night, they repeatedly ...

Regular exercise is one of the best ways to stay fit and healthy, but many of us lack the time or motivation to stick to a workout schedule.

Tiny fragments of plastic are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, particularly through our food ...

Type 2 diabetes is not necessarily a lifelong diagnosis or a disease that gets progressively worse over time. Today, there is strong evidence to suggest that the risk of developing this metabolic ...

The Sun at the center of our own Solar System is a great advert for nuclear fusion: ultra-high temperatures and pressures combining to fuse hydrogen nuclei together into helium nuclei, releasing a ...

Night vision often fades first, followed by a narrowing of peripheral vision. In retinitis pigmentosa, this progressive loss can eventually lead to blindness. An experimental treatment has now helped ...

Now, scientists have developed an ingenious little device that can dramatically reduce those reflections by effectively 'swallowing' sound. It's called a sonic black hole, and the new design can be 3D ...