DNA analysis of remains found at medieval sites has identified closely related strains of leprosy-causing bacteria in the ...

The inactivation of one copy of the X chromosome in female mammals may start to fail as they get older, which may be why women have a higher risk of autoimmune conditions such as lupus ...

Migrating flies can carry pollen hundreds or thousands of kilometres, and this could help plants adapt to climate change ...

Plants are often celebrated for the parts that are easy to see – flower, leaves, fruit – but scientists are uncovering the ...

Climbers and workers at indoor climbing walls may be breathing in large doses of potentially toxic rubber additives, ...

An analysis of the 2021 German federal elections has found that for every 200,000 times a politician's social media adverts ...

The global bumblebee population has declined since the 1950s, sparking speculation on the causes – researchers have suggested ...

If all goes well, the Chang’e 6 probe will be the first ever to land on the far side of the moon to take samples and bring ...

Drugs like Ozempic may help fight obesity. Johann Hari’s first-person account of taking the new medicines is a fascinating ...

My colleagues call me a supervillain for trying to destroy the cosmos, but this kind of imaginative thinking isn't so far ...

An orangutan has been seen applying the leaves of a plant commonly used in traditional medicine to a cut on its face, ...

Cell-like structures containing very simple proteins and even pores in the membrane around them have been created in lab experiments that aimed to mimic the conditions found in the crust of early ...