Medicine

New portraits of the evolution of some of history’s deadliest pandemics have been created through analysis of thousands...

A master controller inspired by a computer game.

Research has revealed that our microbiome can fluctuate with the seasons.

There is growing evidence from scientific studies that individuals can become addicted to using social networking sites...

Glasses that translate images of physical objects into soundscapes and a belt that turns images into vibrations are...

In the spring of 2015 my mother-in-law was dying of breast cancer. She had exhausted the usual routes of therapy...

Where is the HIV vaccine? It is a fair question, is it not?

Is a cure for HIV on the horizon, and what does cure, in the context of HIV, really mean?

Did the evolutionary process towards musical abilities begin in the primeval oceans? And have Human footsteps...

Movie directors regularly manipulate the passage of time in films to entertain their audiences, but researchers are...

As most people know, all surgeries — no matter how minor — are risky for patients. Things can go wrong during the...

Lively—almost childlike—the 70-year-old men skipped out of a monastery one fine morning. They’d just spent five days...

What if an app could recognise when you are craving unhealthy food and give you a notification to warn you not to eat...

Disabling and disruptive to the lives of sufferers, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) affects around 740,000 people...

Traffic pollution in European cities can stall children’s brain development and stop them from reaching their full...

By identifying the most influential kids in small social media circles, researchers can create positive peer pressure...

Half of European adults are either overweight or obese. Many turn to self-help apps as a means to burn excess fat, but...

To see Blade Runner 2049 in 3D might be a dazzling experience but how did 3D vision develop in the evolution? Is it...

10 scientific breakthroughs to shape Europe for the next 60 years

Society depends on farmers to feed the world. Many agriculture techniques from the past exacerbated problems, such as...

Death unites humanity. No matter your walk of life, you will die. It is perhaps the only fact that is truly universally...

For some people the issue of vaccination isn’t about facts, it’s a matter of faith, and this unshakable belief has...

Replacing lost brain cells may help undo the damage caused by Parkinson’s disease, researchers believe.