Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, ...

According to the MRI brain scans of 3,802 neurotypical people between infancy and 90 years old, the architecture of the human ...

Can tattoos protect your skin from the sun's harmful rays, or do they make things worse? A new study I conducted with ...

Black Friday feels like a celebration of savings, but it is also a masterclass in behavioural and brain science. Every timer, pop-up and "only 3 left" alert is carefully crafted to grab your attention ...

A jumble of bones and teeth confirms two species of human ancestor lived side by side over 3.3 million years ago in Ethiopia's Afar Rift.

Rather than a gradual transition, your life staggers and lurches through the rapid growth of childhood and the plateau of ...

A build-up of sticky proteins in the brain is a key hallmark of Alzheimer's, thought to be closely linked to the disease's ...

Unlike the less common and more rapid 'wet' macular degeneration, the 'dry' form of the condition is a gradual loss of vision ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than ...

Compared with a lion, a tiger's roar is often raspier and higher-pitched. In fact, male and female lions produce what scientists call a "roaring bout". Each begins with a series of soft moans, ...

Progress in cutting the global toll of cancer remains painfully slow, but a new blood test has sparked unusual levels of hope ...

A strange, never-before-seen glow in the halo of our galaxy may be the strongest dark-matter breadcrumb yet. A new analysis of 15 years' worth of data from the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope reveals ...