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Young babies use their tongues to help them to hear and make sense of spoken sounds. Might a dummy make a difference to...

A brain scanning technique that can find the source of an epilepsy patient's fits has been unveiled by scientists...

Plants lace their nectar with caffeine to encourage bees to keep returning and pollinate them in the process.

Using light, researchers were able to control the heartbeat of a fruit fly, which could help to research and prevent...

Far from boosting vitality, antioxidant vitamins might aid the spread of skin cancers around the body, a study in mice...

A miniature kidney has been produced in the culture dish for the first time by researchers in Australia.

Influenza virus can infect breast tissue and spread via breast milk, researchers have shown.

A new material has been created that can delay the development of ice, even at temperatures down to 6°C below freezing.

Going for a long run gave mice the same high as if they were smoking cannabis.

The colours of extinct animals have been revealed for the first time as ancient pigments are unlocked from fossils...

Self-propelled particles that fizz their way upstream into blood vessels to block bleeding have been developed by...

The absence of four strains of intestinal bacteria can make the difference between breathing easily and succumbing to...

A new technique for stopping severe bleeding propels treatments straight to the source

A new magnetic material, called Galfenol, could alert car passengers to an impact up to a thousand times faster.

A new form of 3D-printing that can turn out replicas of a patient's organs has been developed by scientists in the...

A man paralysed has been able to walk again thanks to a new brain-muscle interface device developed by scientists in...

Some bats use a special conveyor belt-like tongue to extract nactar from flowers

Sitting has been deemed the new smoking, but is fidgeting now the new standing?

Does being a good parent shorten your lifespan? The answer is yes, at least if you’re a burying beetle with a lazy...

A material capable of invisibly cloaking three-dimensional objects has been unveiled by scientists in the US.

A technique to selectively deactivate pain pathways from specific parts of the body has been developed by scientists in...

Endangered Asian elephants age faster and have fewer offspring if their mothers are stressed when they are born.

Zebra finches who mate for 'love' are better parents than those who don't...

A record efficiency has been achieved for the production of hydrogen from sunlight using an artificial leaf.