For the first time, scientists have identified the existence of a new DNA structure never before seen in living cells.

Millions of people around the world are affected by arachnophobia – the unreasonable fear of spiders, which evidence suggests could be an innate human response embedded by evolution inside the brain.

Whenever we hear of stars discovered that formed just after the Big Bang, they're very far away, in the far reaches of the visible Universe. But now astronomers have spotted something new: a star that's around 13.5 billion years old, right here in

No matter how abundant or renewable, solar power has a thorn in its side. There is still no cheap and efficient long-term storage for the energy that it generates.

A long life tends to run in the family tree. But even though genetics certainly has a role to play in our longevity, it isn't as important as we've assumed until now.

The sky above Earth is never completely dark. Even at night a soft glow emanates from the rim of the upper atmosphere. It's always there, right above us, but it's tricky to see from Earth.

According to some alarming tabloid headlines, three giant asteroids are skimming by Earth this weekend - one as long as a blue whale!

Allergies can be deadly. But despite how common they are, scientists still don't fully understand what happens inside the body to trigger anaphylactic shock - a terrifying and rapid reaction that can result in death.

Why is my awareness here, while yours is over there? Why is the universe split in two for each of us, into a subject and an infinity of objects?

Another week, another round of great achievements in science - from discovering the oldest figurative cave art we've ever seen, to gazing out into the Universe, there is always something new to learn about our world and beyond.

Comic-book creator Stan Lee has died, aged 95.

An eyepatch lined with dissolvable needles may sound like a cruel form of torture, but researchers say the invention could fundamentally change the way that we treat eye disease.

Finally, 130 years after it was established, the kilogram as we know it is about to be retired. But it's not the end: a new definition will be put in place - one that's far more accurate than anything we've had until now.

In the driest and oldest desert on Earth – a place so barren and bleak it's effectively hell on Earth – things don't work quite the same way they do in other places.

Dogs, cats, or goldfish probably can't have conversations with each other about times long gone by – it's a feature we've thought was pretty much exclusive to humans.

Every now and then, Earth's protective magnetic cage changes its stripes, sending explosive showers of charged particles spilling into the atmosphere.

Scientists Find a Material Breaking Modern Chemistry Laws