Adolescents who sleep for longer – and from an earlier bedtime – than their peers tend to have improved brain function and ...

Documentary heritage relating to the life and work of Charles Darwin has been recognised on the prestigious UNESCO ...

Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the ...

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the ‘Barbarian Conspiracy’, a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

Astronomers have detected the most promising signs yet of a possible biosignature outside the solar system, although they ...

Wildflowers growing on land previously used for buildings and factories can accumulate lead, arsenic and other metal ...

Metformin, a widely used and affordable diabetes drug, could prevent a form of acute myeloid leukaemia in people at high risk ...