South American mummies have become known for their impressive tattoos, but an analysis has found the design inked into the ...

Sitting might be a comfortable and convenient way to spend much of your day, but a new study of older adults suggests it can ...

A gently lobbed baseball is easy to see. The same ball, however, can seem to vanish from the hand of a skilled pitcher, ...

Being pregnant in the Viking Age was surely no picnic, but this experience has been largely ignored, in part because there ...

Rising seas will severely test humanity's resilience in the second half of the 21st century and beyond, even if nations defy ...

It was big news years ago when Mars orbiters found streaks of what appeared to be water running down Martian cliffs and ...

A 115-year-old Surrey woman named Ethel Caterham has officially been handed the title of the oldest living human alive.

Gout is often associated with drinking too much or not eating healthily enough, but research suggests genetics play more of a ...

Taurine is an amino acid occurring naturally in the body, and found in energy drinks as well as foods like fish and meat – ...

US surgeons successfully performed the world's first human bladder transplant on 4 May 2025. The complicated, eight-hour ...

It's a question that's long been the cause of debate: is it better to shower in the morning or at night? Morning shower ...

Recent observations by JWST of TRAPPIST-1 c ruled out a thick carbon dioxide atmosphere, indicating that the planet is not as ...