Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, ...

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Black Friday feels like a celebration of savings, but it is also a masterclass in behavioural and brain science. Every timer, ...

A jumble of bones and teeth confirms two species of human ancestor lived side by side over 3.3 million years ago in ...

A tiny sample of the Moon locked away for more than 50 years turns out to have been hiding an astronomical secret.

Deep within your bone marrow, a specialized set of stem cells is busy pumping out new blood cells to sustain your body.

According to the MRI brain scans of 3,802 neurotypical people between infancy and 90 years old, the architecture of the human brain takes a distinct turn at four ages. These are around 9, 32, 66, and ...

A build-up of sticky proteins in the brain is a key hallmark of Alzheimer's, thought to be closely linked to the disease's ...

The next global volcanic disaster is more likely to come from volcanoes that appear dormant and are barely monitored than ...

Sleep is one of the essential physiological needs for human survival, alongside food, water, and air. But sleep is socially ...

Compared with a lion, a tiger's roar is often raspier and higher-pitched. In fact, male and female lions produce what scientists call a "roaring bout". Each begins with a series of soft moans, ...

Unlike the less common and more rapid 'wet' macular degeneration, the 'dry' form of the condition is a gradual loss of vision ...