20 minutes of yoga can improve both sleep and memory.
New research has discovered that practicing yoga nidra - a type of mindfulness training - improves sleep and cognitive abilities, even ...
Space experts want to send 11,000mph rockets to Mars.
European Space Agency (ESA) boffins are researching "aerocapture", a process that will see spaceships set off for the Red Planet without the ...
People have been warned not to eat white snow.
A new study has revealed that even fresh snowflakes have a lethal cocktail of tiny rocks, pollution, bacteria, viruses and road salt.
Skiers ...
Scientists have developed a groundbreaking 'mind-reading helmet' that translates brainwaves into words.
The remarkable technology works using a sensor-covered helmet that analyses specific electrical activity in the brain as the wearer ...
A third of young diners are too frightened to order their own food at a restaurant.
A new survey has found that "menu anxiety" is felt the most by Gen Z ...
Cats will eat almost anything.
Analysis has revealed that felines are "generalist predators" that will prey on more than 2,000 species, including sparrows, mice and bullfrogs.
Researchers from Auburn University in the ...
Aliens could be living in a giant sea.
Scientists have discovered the largest reservoir ever detected, which contains 140 trillion times the amount of all the water in Earth's oceans.
The experts ...
Turning down party invitations can be good for your mental health.
Experts at West Virginia University have conducted a survey that discovered that over three-quarters of people have accepted an invitation ...
Aliens landed at the Chernobyl disaster to "suck radiation from the air".
Extraterrestrial obsessives are convinced that beings from outer space come to Earth to assist the human race during tragic ...
Exercise cuts a woman's risk of developing breast cancer by 10 per cent.
Activities including walking, cycling and other sports all reduce the possibility of developing the disease before the menopause ...
Retirement makes people healthier.
A new study from across 10 European countries found that giving up work has a transformative impact on a person's health as those who had retired were ...
Artificial intelligence could provide the "ultimate second opinion" on medical conditions.
Tests using AI software showed that it is capable of diagnosing issues at least as accurately as doctors using X-rays ...
A new era should be declared on the Moon to recognise human dominance.
Human activity first disrupted the lunar surface when the USSR's spacecraft Luna 2 left a crater in 1959 ...
Comfort eating increases stress.
Many people seek solace in unhealthy snacks during anxious times but they actually impede the body's recovery from the impact of tension.
Eating food high in fat prior ...
Having children could be the secret to a longer life.
A team from the University of Michigan have conducted a review of the genetic and health information of 276,000 people in ...
Drinking cocoa can ward off dementia.
Boffins in the United States found that over-65s who took daily cocoa extract supplements performed better in thinking tests, although the effects were only seen ...
A new species of frog sounds like a duck.
The University of Wolverhampton has revealed how the "music frog" was recorded in India and makes a noise that is very similar ...
Fat jabs reduce the risk of bowel cancer.
Drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy have been prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes and suppress appetites in obese individuals but are now ...
SEA LIFE London Aquarium has honoured Olympic diving legend Tom Daley with a penguin tribute.
The aquarium's newest penguin resident has been named Daley in celebration of the remarkable accomplishments of ...
Marriage can raise your blood pressure.
New findings have revealed that couples who have tied the knot are more likely to have hypertension - a condition that can increase the risk ...
Teenagers who use smartphones excessively are placing their health in serious danger.
Research shows that teens who are glued to their phones for over four hours per day face a range ...
Alien life could be hiding on Mercury.
Scientists have discovered that the planet's north pole could have the appropriate conditions to support some "extreme forms of life".
A study from the Planetary ...
Humans should show more love to rats.
Experts have discovered that the rodents are much more like human beings than previously thought and are able to feel sorry for others that ...
Spending time alone is good for your mental health.
Scientists have discovered that solitude can be "healthy" as it reduces stress and creates a sense of freedom – but only if ...
