Curved wing tips inspired by the world's heaviest flying bird could enhance the efficiency of wind turbines by of 10 per cent ...

A site in Siberia where early humans lived has been dated to 417,000 years ago, making it by far the most ancient early human ...

Teams of staff usually return e-scooters to where they will be needed, but adapted scooters that can balance and stop ...

Set in an English manor in 1890, Botany Manor is a video game that places you in the shoes of a botanist working on a ...

Last year’s marine heatwaves saw an unprecedented decline in the growth of phytoplankton and algae, which many animals in the ...

Two kinds of diet seem to work better than taking medication in addressing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a trial has found.

Cocaine and morphine hijacked neural responses in the brains of mice, which resulted in them consuming less food and water ...

Measurements of sulphur isotopes in Io’s atmosphere show that the moon may have been volcanically active for its entire ...

Underground tunnels created by lava flows provided humans with shelter for thousands of years beneath the hot desert ...

A mathematical model of a particle that remembers its past so that it never travels the same path twice produces stunningly ...

The vertebrae of Vasuki indicus, a snake that lived 47 million years ago, suggest it could have been as long as 15 metres ...

Cloud seeding almost certainly did not play a significant role in the flooding on the Arabian peninsula this week – but the ...