Previous research in macaques suggests that part of the brain reorganises itself when a limb is removed, but now a study in people has turned that idea on its head ...

Feeding rats edible microbeads designed to absorb fat helps them lose weight. One day the beads could be used in human foods and drinks to prevent or treat obesity in people.

Frank Wilczek has one of the most brilliant and original minds in theoretical physics, having come up with the idea of time ...

A dietary supplement made from engineered yeast could help honeybees thrive despite the declining availability of ...

An AI model trained on years of data from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory can predict the sun’s future appearance and ...

A billion or so years into its evolution, the icy dwarf planet Ceres may have had the right conditions to sustain life, which ...

A new formulation of cement reflects and emits heat more effectively than normal Portland cement, so it stays much cooler on ...

A reader explains the adaptations that let squirrels make this gravity-defying manoeuvre - which a cat could only dream of ...

Robin Hammond's photographs show the conservation battle to eradicate three species introduced to New Zealand, in order to ...

Free and unimpeded internet access is no longer a convenience or a luxury. It is high time it was made a human right ...

A 1989 experiment offered the promise of nuclear fusion without the need for high temperatures, but this "cold fusion" was ...