Women only need to exercise half as much as men to get similar health benefits.
A study has found that females who cycle, swim and run regularly are less likely to ...
Magic mushrooms and LSD could "jump start" coma patients back into the real world.
The world-leading psychedelic scientist Professor Robin Carharrt-Harris has revealed that "interest is growing" in the subject as ...
An artificial intelligence (AI) model has proved that men's and women's brains are 'wired differently'.
Scientists have developed a model that can tell the difference between scans of male and female ...
An Alzheimer's "miracle" drug could shrink the brains of patients.
A huge medical breakthrough was made last year as the first drug that slows the progression of the disease was approved ...
Grumpy people are more likely to have bad heart health.
A study has linked personality traits such as anxiety and irritability with early signs of heart ageing.
Experts at Queen Mary University ...
Scientists are making "incredible progress" in their efforts to bring the dodo back from the dead.
DNA experts have sequenced the full genome of the extinct species for the first time ...
Weight loss jabs can help people beat drug and smoking addictions.
A study has found that liraglutide - which has been prescribed on the NHS to tackle obesity - is as ...
Big cats can tell human voices apart.
New research has found that animals like tigers and cheetahs have the ability to differentiate between familiar and unfamiliar human voices.
A study saw 24 ...
Bacteria is the key to a good cup of tea.
New research in China suggests that the secret to making a delicious cuppa is held in a collection of microbes that ...
Older people are left puzzled by emojis.
A new study has found how age, gender and culture all influence how people interpret the characters used in electronic messages.
270 British and ...
Ping pong could be prescribed to patients with nerve damage.
The sport has been found to reduce symptoms of conditions such as multiple sclerosis (MS) and Parkinson's disease, both of which ...
Exercise is better than anti-depressants for treating depression.
Walking, jogging, yoga and strength training appeared to be just as useful as therapy at treating the mental health condition, according to a ...
Strict bedtimes give children healthy brains.
The importance of sleep duration and quality on child development is well-established but a new study has found that kids from poorer families tend to ...
Water has been discovered on the surface of an asteroid for the first time, raising hope of an alien breakthrough.
Scientists made the promising find by using data on asteroids from ...
Apes tease their friends just like humans do.
A team of researchers analysed video clips of chimpanzees, bonobos, gorillas and orangutans and found that the primates poked, hair-pulled and body-slammed other ...
A Coyote got stuck inside a hollow statue... of St. Francis, the patron saint of animals.
The Wildlife In Need Center in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, managed to rescue the canine after it ...
A woman was left upset after her boyfriend dumped her due to the "volume of food" she ate on their Valentine's Day dinner date.
The unnamed woman, who was 27 at ...
A Chinese philosopher had his brain frozen to be used for future science.
Li Zehou requested in his will that his brain be cryopreserved for 500 years, before it is defrosted ...
A female stingray in a North Carolina Aquarium shocked staff after getting pregnant - despite not being in a tank with male stingrays for more than eight years.
Charlotte is expected ...
A woman has proudly displayed her beard and armpit hair after previously spending £51,000 removing all her body hair.
Podcaster Bethany Burgoyne, 33, got tired of having to constantly wax, shave ...
A man spent £12,480 on a human-sized border collie costume to fulfil his "fantasy" of becoming a dog and even lets people pet him.
Toco, from Japan, spent thousands so he ...
A scientist has called on humanity to "do better" after she discovered a glass bottle of beer at the deepest point of the Earth.
Oceanographer Dr. Dawn Wright was disgusted to ...
A woman presumed dead woke up in the hearse on the way to be cremated.
Bujji Aamma, 52, from Berhampur, India, was severely burnt in a fire in her home on ...
Bald men are "irresistible" to women.
A study for Valentine's Day has found that men with domes - such as Jason Statham and Prince William - are "super desirable" for the ...