Two experiments hunting for a whisper of a particle that prevents whole galaxies from flying apart recently published some contradictory results. One came up empty handed,...
A rare blood variant, found only in parts of East Africa, can help the body resist malaria even better than our best vaccines.
There's no doubt that modern science owes the 17th century English polymath Sir Isaac Newton some gratitude. You don't get a whole unit of force named...
Making educated guesses is something we all do every day – but until now scientists haven't fully understood how these leaps in logic are processed in...
Emissions from e-cigarettes are not harmless and calling them vapour is purposefully misleading, scientists argue.
The dangers of staring directly into laser pointers are well documented, but an unfortunate incident involving a teenager from Ohio serves as a sobering reminder of...
Australia is home to some of the world's most dangerous wildlife. Anyone who spends time outdoors in eastern Australia is wise to keep an eye out...
The spread of humans out of Africa through the Middle East may have been helped along by a very ordinary substance: dust.
Most of us know first-hand that lack of sleep has a profound effect on how we function day to day. From irritability and increased clumsiness to...
The Hubble Constant is a unit used to describe expanding spacetime, which is defined as speed (kilometres per second) over a given distance (per megaparsec). As...