Scientists have launched a fresh effort to find out what could be producing oxygen at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.

New data are revealing the benefits of exercising little and often. Exercise is well understood to be good for you, but how ...

‘Exercise snacks’ and other forms of everyday movement can greatly reduce the risk of heart disease and death.

Scientists seek to understand the factors that have allowed people in Brazil to reach their 100th or even 110th birthdays despite facing adversities.

To get the most out of the sensing revolution, different disciplines need to be on the same wavelength. This is a priority ...

Some universities are implementing a mandatory retirement age for academics. Will it help young researchers to get permanent positions?

Earlier this month, US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr released new dietary guidelines urging Americans to “eat real food”. Rather than consuming highly processed and sugary foods, the guidance ...

Genetic analyses of koala pedigrees help to suss out virus-induced genome changes that affect cancer risk and reproductive ...

For almost two decades, scientists have debated whether sponges or comb jellies are the first animal lineage. Now some are ...

More than a billion cases of foodborne diseases, such as norovirus infections and salmonellosis, are recorded in Africa each ...

In the wake of new computer-based methods, some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature. Never miss an ...

A supercooled microscopic ferromagnet proves the existence of gyroscopic magnetic behaviour that has been long sought by ...