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

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

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

In 1925, Payne-Gaposchkin became the first person to earn a doctoral degree (PhD) in astronomy from Harvard University. Her doctoral thesis, ‘Stellar Atmospheres: A Contribution to the Observational ...

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

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

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

A Cambridge researcher offering new hope to people with brain tumours is the focus of a documentary exploring the science behind the next big breakthroughs.

Chancellor, Professor Deborah Prentice, has been to the North East of England to visit schools in Tyneside as part of a mission to connect with areas ...

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