A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and ...

Around 5–10% of people with COVID infections go on to experience long COVID, with symptoms lasting three months or more.

Every 30 seconds, someone in the world will experience a flare-up of their asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...

Crustaceans might put up a hard exterior, but on the inside, they may be more sensitive than is often assumed.

Around 5.5 million years ago, almost three quarters of the Mediterranean Sea evaporated into the air – and new research helps ...

For roughly one in every hundred people, food containing even the smallest amounts of gluten can deliver a gutful of hurt.

A new paper provides a stark reminder that the virus responsible for COVID-19 is still spreading, with 9 animals out of 47 ...

Nearly half of adolescents and three-quarters of adults in the US were classified as being clinically overweight or obese in ...

A species of wolf in Ethiopia has been filmed unexpectedly licking flowers, suggesting the carnivores could perform the role ...

Decreases in brain volume are used as an indicator of Alzheimer's disease, yet the latest class of Alzheimer's treatments ...

These tire particles are a significant but often-overlooked contributor to microplastic pollution. They account for 28 ...

Antibiotics discovered in the soil of a Cameroon volcano half a century ago have finally been reverse-engineered by Japanese ...