SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT

Our world seems to be fundamentally fuzzy at the quantum level, yet we do not experience it that way....

Michelle RobertsDigital health editorGetty ImagesThe menopause is linked to changes in the brain similar to those seen in Alzheimer's, according to a large UK study.The loss of grey matter in areas involved with memory and emotion might partly explain...

I'm something of a treadmill hater. When I do hop on one, it's only during times when it's truly unsafe to run outdoors....

To an untrained eye, the aircraft engine sitting outside of a Cincinnati facility in December might have looked like standard hardware. But NASA and GE Aerospace researchers watching the unit fire up for a demonstration knew what they were looking at: a...

The oldest known wooden tools have been found in an opencast mine in Greece. They are 430,000 years old...

The UK has lost its measles elimination status, the World Health Organization has announced.The move was based on the spread of cases in 2024 when there were 3,600 suspected cases.Elimination status means there is no sustained transmission so this...

Southern elephant seal pups were among the first to die when a deadly strain of avian influenza arrived in the Crozet Islands in 2024. But as the virus spread across the sub-Antarctic archipelago, a handful of penguin chicks had...

The ocean is under increasing pressure. Everyday human activities, from shipping to oil and gas exploration to urban pollution, are affecting the marine environment. Extensive research shows how this combination of stressors represents one of...

Solar geoengineering could be even more costly than unabated global warming if it is cut off suddenly, leading to...

BBCJorell Hill, who has competed in 10 races so far, says he has "definitely caught the bug"."I did my first one in December 2024 and since then I haven't been been on a single holiday abroad that hasn't...