Scientists have linked a surge in Earth's oxygen levels some 455 million years ago with an explosion in biodiversity on the planet, as nature took advantage of the extra breathing space to transform marine life and develop new species.

When a human-made disaster like a chemical spill or nuclear accident occurs, it's not unusual for the land to be written off.

When a human looks at a distant skyscraper, it appears small to the eye. It's a visual illusion, and we use other contextual information to know the building is actually tall.

A new study has found that schizophrenia could originate as early as the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, which means we might be able to eventually treat it in utero before birth.

Everyone knows what it feels like to have consciousness: it's that self-evident sense of personal awareness, which gives us a feeling of ownership and control over the thoughts, emotions and experiences that we have every day.

Think you know the kind of tunes you like? It turns out that changing the patterns of activity in the brain is enough to partially alter our taste in music, according to a new study.

During the mid- to late-twentieth century, quantum physicists picked apart the unified theory of physics that Einstein's theory of relativity offered. The physics of the large was governed by gravity, but only quantum physics could describe observa

Teeth didn't start in the mouth.

By all measures, graphene shouldn't exist. The fact it does comes down to a neat loophole in physics that sees an impossible 2D sheet of atoms act like a solid 3D material. New research has delved into graphene's rippling, discovering a physical phenomenon…

Researchers have hacked the immune system of a bacterium into serving as the equivalent of a molecular tape recorder.

It's the first time humans have seen this in the wild.

A 70-year-old patient who presented with cancer-like symptoms turns out to have been harbouring something even weirder: a fungal infection that may have been in his body for 30 years before making itself known.

Using some deep Google AI trickery and a virtual reality headset, scientists have built a device they're calling the Hallucination Machine – an experience a lot like tripping out, but without any of the actual drugs.

Antibiotic resistance in bacteria, which includes both common bugs and so-called superbugs, is a serious and globally recognized problem. In fact, the United Nations elevated the issue to a crisis level almost a year ago now, and the World Health O

Ask any new parent how their baby is going and you will most likely get an update on recent weight gains.

An unnatural number of earthquakes hit Texas in the past decade, and the region's seismic activity is increasing. In 2008, two earthquakes stronger than magnitude 3 struck the state. Eight years later, 12 did.

There seems to be significant confusion about what happened in the British parliament when MPs discussed a proposed amendment to the EU (Withdrawal) Bill to formally recognise animal sentience. But where science is concerned, animal sentience is in

A California man who planned to launch himself 1,800 feet (550 metres) high Saturday in a homemade scrap-metal rocket - in an effort to prove that Earth is flat - said he is postponing the experiment after he couldn't get permission from a federal