It's likely that there would not be many people left within 70 or 80 years, rather than 100, due to shortages of food, clean ...

Once upon a time, the fishing town of Gansbaai on the South African coast was something of a mecca for shark-spotters – so ...

We know microplastics are finding their way deep into our bodies, such is their ubiquity in the world around us, but we're still figuring out the possible health impacts.

The contraceptive pill desogestrel has been linked to a small increase in the risk of developing an intracranial meningioma ...

One of the first brain cells shown to make insulin is the neurogliaform cell. These live in a brain area important for ...

The D" layer, some 2,700 kilometers (nearly 1,700 miles) below our feet, has been mystifying scientists for decades.

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Ghrelin, produced primarily in the stomach, signals that you are hungry, while leptin, which is produced in the fat cells, tells your brain that you are full. Even one night of restricted sleep ...

A Yukawa particle is the hypothesized mediator of a possible force within the cores of atoms. If it exists, it would have a ...

Designed to capture the radio spurts of cosmic rays falling from above, in 2006 the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna ( ...

Sometimes, it's really hard to see the volcanoes for the rocks, especially if you're just a one-ton rover all alone in a ...

Scientists have just discovered hundreds of new giant viruses, in a comprehensive study covering oceans across the globe.