You might find yourself reaching for a painkiller when a headache strikes, and it seems plants do something similar: when under stress from hazards around them, plants are capable of producing their own aspirin.

Photographer Reuben Wu took innovative risks to show one of the world's most-photographed sites in a new light.

We often think of babies as blank canvases with little ability to learn during the first few weeks of life. But babies actually start processing language and speech incredibly early. Even while in the womb, they learn to discern voices, along with

Deep-sea aquaculture is proliferating around the planet, promising to ‘feed the world’. Yet many fear the harm this new frontier could wreak on marine life

A global analysis predicts that as we lose more bird species to extinction, those that remain will be more similar in terms of size, beak shape and other features

Discovery provides insight into the evolution and anatomy of big, carnivorous dinosaurs. Researchers discovered a new huge, meat-eating dinosaur, dubbed Meraxes gigas. The new dinosaur provides fascinating clues about the evolution and biology of dinosaurs…

Grace Victory says being in a coma due to Covid, just after giving birth, has changed her outlook.

Psychologists explain why support should come from the heart, not the head.

Fossils of small plesiosaurs, long-necked marine reptiles from the age of dinosaurs, have been found in a 100-million year old river system that is now Morocco's Sahara Desert. This discovery suggests ...

Evidence from 252m years ago shows surviving animals bounced back stronger, fitter, faster and smarter

An archaeological study has determined that cowrie-shell artifacts found throughout the Mariana Islands were lures used for hunting octopuses and that the devices, similar versions of which have been ...

Want to make your body and brain 10 years younger? We're here to share everything science says about the exercise habits that slow aging.

A team based at Princeton University has accurately simulated the initial steps of ice formation by applying artificial intelligence (AI) to solving equations that govern the quantum behavior of individual ...

Domestic cats destroy over one million native animals a day – but Australians still find it hard to accept their own cute little moggie could be a killer

Domestic cats destroy over one million native animals a day – but Australians still find it hard to accept their own cute little moggie could be a killer

Harnessing natural insect power can. with proper management, have higher efficacy than resorting to harmful chemicals

Letters: Readers respond to George Monbiot’s article about the damage caused by organic, pasture-fed beef and lamb

Smaller animals have larger brains relative to their bodies.