A deadly fly once wiped out across North America has resurfaced in northern Mexico – and it’s creeping ever closer to the US ...

Women’s running shoes might be holding them back from reaching their full athletic potential, according to a recent study. Published in BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, the paper found that there ...

Psychology is rife with myths: you only use 10 per cent of your brain; you’re either left-brained or right-brained; your brain has a ‘learning style’. Culture is littered with ideas that would have ...

Time has occupied the greatest minds for centuries and we’re still none the wiser about its absolute nature. Although there’s nothing in physics that says time must flow in a certain direction, nor ...

To ask about the health benefits of moving nearer a golf course has the whiff of someone desperately trying to use scientific research to convince their partner that living next to Gleneagles is a ...

Clubbed fingers – where the tips become bulbous and nails curve downward – can be a subtle sign of underlying disease. They can be associated with low oxygen levels in the blood over time. While heart ...

Sorry if you think we’ve already asked, but do you know exactly what déjà vu is? If you’re like most sensible people, you’ll likely say it’s the bizarre feeling that you’ve experienced something ...

Losing weight could be as simple as replacing some of the sausages, beef and bacon in your diet with legumes, according to a recent study. Scientists at the University of Helsinki instructed 51 ...

Our evolutionary ancestors prioritising sex over survival could be why men don’t live as long as women, according to a new study. Across the world and throughout history, men have generally lived ...

Scientists have, for the first time, directly visualised and counted tiny protein clusters in the human brain that may be the earliest triggers of Parkinson’s disease. The clusters – called ...