A team at the laboratory that claimed evidence of particles moving faster than light publishes data that they claim refutes [...]

A “remarkable” night-flowering orchid, the first of its kind known to science, has been described by a team of botanists.

Water is essential and lack of it will bring about death faster than a lack of anything else in the [...]

A healed fracture discovered on a 150,000-year-old skull from China may be the oldest documented evidence of violence between humans.

A team at the laboratory that claimed evidence of particles moving faster than light publishes data that they claim refutes [...]

Our need for braces on our teeth could be down to our ancestors’ switch from a hunter-gathering lifestyle to farming, [...]

An experiment which appeared to contradict Einstein by showing that particles could travel faster than the speed of light is [...]

The UK-born, American astronaut Nicholas Patrick accepts a commemorative pin to mark his achievements in orbit with Nasa.

Geese, ducks and swans that spend winter in the wetlands of Northern Europe are delaying their migration south, say scientists.

Pensioners with an active sex life are significantly more likely to enjoy a happy retirement, according to new research.