Andrés Alfonso-Rojas has analysed giant anaconda fossils from South America to deduce that these tropical snakes reached ...

Clues contained in tree rings have identified mid-14th-century volcanic activity as the first domino to fall in a sequence ...

Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human ...

Bird flu viruses are a particular threat to humans because they can replicate at temperatures higher than a typical fever, ...

The first Bible to feature a map of the Holy Land was published 500 years ago, in 1525. It still influences how we think ...

Researchers have discovered that genes underlying specific behavioural traits in golden retrievers - from trainability to ...

A lab-based screening has discovered over 150 common industrial chemicals, from pesticides to flame retardants, that have a ...

Research into parental support needs is informing Cambridge Children’s Hospital’s commitment to provide a ‘whole family’ approach to care.

Human-driven changes to landscapes worldwide are ‘thinning out’ the ecological services supplied by wild birds, eroding the ...

In 1925, Payne-Gaposchkin became the first person to earn a doctoral degree (PhD) in astronomy from Harvard University. Her ...

Autistic people are more likely to report suicide-related behaviours and psychological distress irrespective of previous traumatic experiences, according to ...

Milestone moment as learning programme continues to support UK schools amid national shortage of specialist physics teachers ...