The brains of adults who have raised children appear younger later in life. Child-rearing seemed to have this effect on both ...

Giacomo Delgado has lost his microphone. As we peer into the cloud forest of Costa Rica’s Barva volcano, a GPS device tells ...

Growing access to the internet is linked with better well-being around the world, a large study has concluded. The finding ...

A gel based on a milk protein drastically reduced the level of alcohol in the blood of intoxicated mice. With further research, it could one day be used to tackle the harmful effects of excessive ...

When light strikes a soft robot made from a twisted strip of hydrogel sheets, it moves in a predictable way and can climb a ...

If a lavender scent is sprayed into pig pens three times a day, the animals show less aggressive behaviour and appear more ...

Ultra-fast pulses of laser light can be shaped into vortices similar to smoke rings – when chained together, they can carry ...

A new robotic hand can withstand being smashed by pistons or walloped with a hammer. It was designed to survive the trial-and ...

People who can run a mile in less than 4 minutes generally live almost five years longer than would otherwise be expected, ...

The rapid growth of solar power led to a record-breaking year for clean energy generation in 2023, and the year is expected ...

Birman and Burmese cats typically live for more than 14 years while sphynxes live less than half as long on average, finds a ...

Artificial compounds found in things like food packaging can be a risk to our health. We can clean them up, but who will foot ...