It’s incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the words spoken everywhere between Spain and India ...

Mudlarking, once a trade of the Victorian poor, has evolved into a modern-day hobby that captivates everyday Londoners and history enthusiasts. What began as a desperate means of survival, scouring ...

The number of dinosaurs may have been stable before the asteroid impact, despite evidence that species were getting less diverse ...

Magicians have long exploited quirks in our perception of the world to make us experience the impossible. Now, cognitive ...

Physicists have determined that the ideal technique for pour-over coffee can use up to 10 per cent fewer beans to make a cup ...

A blood test can accurately predict whether someone without a known risk of preeclampsia is likely to develop the potentially ...

A moth antenna can be integrated into the electronics of a drone to create a smell-seeking bio-hybrid – but it only detects ...

Thanks to the Hubble Space Telescope, we now know that a day on Uranus lasts for 28 seconds longer than previously thought - ...

Mercury pollution accumulated in trees could offer a new way to keep tabs on destructive gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest. “We could potentially see whether mining is starting to ramp ...