Need another excuse to drink more coffee? A recent study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, ...

Fewer than 100 new cases of the Ebola virus were reported in a week for the first time since June 2014, according to ...

Two human studies add to the evidence that flavanols are brain-boosters. Belinda Smith reports.

As if we needed another reason to eat chocolate – two studies show that flavanols, a compound found in cocoa, reverse...

A complete catalogue of T cell sequences may act as a 'Rosetta Stone' for understanding the 'language' of our immune ...

Neuroscientists at Columbia University Medical Centre have identified neurons in the brain of mice that trigger and i...

The 5:2 fasting craze helped spread the word about the benefits of a calorie-restricted diet. Now...

Sulfur baths were celebrated for their health benefits in Roman times, but hydrogen sulfide was later deemed toxic. ...

Carnivorous plants lure more prey when they intermittently ‘switch off’ their traps. Belinda Smit...

Nepenthes rafflesiana allows its pitchers to dry for part of the day, a finding that puzzled botanists. – istockphoto...

Xavier Hames, a four-year-old boy from Perth with type one diabetes, has become the first person in the world to rece...

Two new papers add to the growing evidence of the the impacts on health from gut microbes. The recent research identi...

Don Ingber is a disruptive influence, which is what the Harvard-based Wyss Institute wants in a d...

Ingber has a track record in setting off scientific revolutions. – Harvard’s Wyss Institute Does Donald In...

Stick insects cannot fly far – so how did the species spread across the Pacific? Yao Hua Law repo...

With their stumpy wings, Megacrania tsudai females cannot fly. Their dispersal across the Pacific has relied on sea-f...

A snapshot of how bacteria design their armour may give us a new way to combat superbugs. By Vivi...

With superbugs on the rise, scientists are racing to find new ways to fight back. Now microbiologist Chris Whitfield ...