Aging brings two opposing trends in cancer risk: first, the risk climbs in our 60s and 70s, as decades of genetic mutations ...

Around one third of Australian households live with at least one cat, yet surveys tell us the cats' needs are not being met.

Many of the fluctuations in the length of Earth's day have known causes. But on scales of decades to millennia, scientists ...

As the global population ages, more of us face frightening cognitive decline, personally or in our loved ones.

With a surface area more than twice that of Greater London's, A23a is the biggest iceberg on the planet, having calved from ...

In the US alone, around 300,000 children each year have their tonsils surgically removed to improve breathing while sleeping ...

Earlier this year, scientists stumbled upon a potential new treatment for hereditary-patterned baldness, the most common ...

The discovery of new fossils reveals that a species first found in 1969 is not a member of the ginseng family, as scientists ...

Ancient sheep buried in an elite grave in Egypt show the oldest evidence of humans deliberately deforming the horns of ...

Here's where mistletoe becomes an unexpected hero. Scientists have discovered that extracts from mistletoe can stimulate the ...

It's time to recalibrate the navigation systems on ships, airplanes, and (given the time of year) Santa's sleigh: the ...

The United States has redefined what qualifies as "healthy" food for the first time in 30 years, striking items like white ...