The evolution of human hands is one of the most important – and overlooked – stories of our origin. Now, new fossil evidence ...

A giant virus encodes part of the protein-making toolkit of cells that gives it greater control over its amoeba host, raising questions about how it evolved and how such beings relate to living organi ...

Hearing a sound while working on a complex puzzle, and then hearing it again during sleep, helped lucid dreamers better ...

A mathematical equivalent of a microscope with variable resolution has shed light on why some atoms are exceptionally stable, ...

Intermittent fasting appears to be no better than doing nothing when it comes to helping people who are overweight or have obesity lose weight ...

The shape of the cosmos depends on a balance of two competing forces: the pull of gravity and the expansion driven by dark ...

Biologists have debated the reason why Homo sapiens evolved a prominent lower jaw, but this unique feature may actually be a by-product of other traits shaped by natural selection ...

South Australia is proving to the world that relying largely on wind and solar energy with battery back-up is incredibly ...

A gene therapy that patients breathe in has been found to shrink lung tumours by inserting immune-boosting genes into ...

The activity of certain neurons may influence our endurance for exercise, and these could be targeted to help us run faster ...

About 4600 years ago, the population of Britain was replaced by a people who brought Bell Beaker pottery with them. Now, ...

Networks of molecules in our body behave as though they have goals and desires. Understanding this phenomenon could solve the ...