Fewer than 60,000 people—just 0.001% of the world’s population—control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, a...

AN ingredient found in a variety of everyday products has been linked to a deadly disease, a study has found. Scientists have warned tha...

Smoking and vaping appear to increase the risk of developing diabetes, according to a new study by the University of Georgia (UGA). The ...

Only one in every six million people has the Rh null blood type. Now researchers are trying to grow it in the laboratory in the hope it coul...

Toothbrushes harbour between 1-12 million bacteria and fungi from hundreds of different species, with some capable of causing oral disease...

Rising global temperatures are now killing one person every minute worldwide, according to a major report on the health impacts of the clim...

Australian researchers have discovered a miniature light-emitting shark and a transparent almond-sized crab during a deep-sea expedition of...

A new study from the University of California suggests that gossip within couples is linked to increased happiness and improved relationship...

Deaths among young people are rising significantly across the world, whilst chronic conditions and mental illnesses worsen, according to r...

Two newly discovered comets are expected to approach Earth this month, offering a spectacular celestial spectacle for astronomers and space ...

Health experts are warning that consuming water from plastic bottles left in hot environments, such as inside cars, may pose serious health ...

New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body.  A study involving samples flown on four SpaceX ...

American researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough in brain-computer interface (BCI) technology by developing an implant that t...

Cuts to US foreign humanitarian aid could result in more than 14 million additional deaths by 2030, according to research published in The L...

Researchers have uncovered what they describe as the largest data breach ever, exposing 16 billion passwords for accounts across Apple, Face...

A study published in The Lancet Oncology reveals that bowel cancer rates are rising among younger people worldwide, with some of the sharpe...

Sea level rise will become “unmanageable” even if global heating is limited to the international target of 1.5C, potentially forcing “cata...