Science

With new immunotherapy treatments for melanoma, recovery rates have risen dramatically, in some cases to around 50 percent. But they could be much higher:...

New evidence from the Maya city of Copan, in Honduras, reveals that ancient Mesoamericans routinely captured and traded wild animals for symbolic and ritual...

A simple blood test can detect the earliest changes caused by Huntington's disease, even before scans can pick up any signs in the brain,...

A new instrument lets researchers use multiple laser beams and a microscope to trap and move cells and then analyze them in real-time with...

A new study shows that people can separate corrupt politicians from clean ones by simply looking at portraits of the politicians.

Swapping electrons for photons, researchers have developed wireless sensors which are not subject to electromagnetic interference and are smaller and generally more flexible than...

For women, fat usually accumulates around the hips, resulting in a pear-shaped look. In men, fat tends to build up around the abdomen, creating...

Up to 30 per cent of coastal wetlands could be lost globally by the year 2100 with a dramatic effect on global warming and...

Someday doctors may prescribe sugar pills for certain chronic pain patients based on their brain anatomy and psychology. And the pills will reduce their...

Fewer and fewer women die from breast cancer in recent years but, surprisingly, the decline is just as large in the age groups that...