The modern history of Western Europe is defined by opposition. Europe is presented as a beacon of civilisation facing down ...

Just two servings of yogurt a week may protect the bowels from some specific types of cancer, according to a new long-term ...

The supermassive black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy may not be as voracious as the gas-gobbling monsters that ...

Scientists are designing a new type of drug that mimics the physiological benefits of breathing in thin 'mountain air'.

Amidst a cache of glittering golden treasures from the Iberian Bronze Age, a pair of corroded objects might be the most precious of all.

Previously predicted by theoretical models, we now have the first experimental observation of plastic Ice VII.

French scientists on Tuesday announced that they had reached a "crucial milestone" in the long road towards nuclear fusion by ...

There's a window of time in our lives we've all passed through yet still know so little about: early gestation.

Rumored to have killed the Roman emperor Augustus, nightshade's berries are notoriously deadly. Tomatoes belong to the same ...

The toxic bite of a Gila monster can kill a human, but a specific ingredient in the cocktail of the lizard's venom is the ...

Researchers at Microsoft have announced the creation of the first "topological qubits" in a device that stores information in ...

In recent years, a growing number of scientific studies have backed an alarming hypothesis: Alzheimer's disease isn't just a ...