A popular idea suggests a link between big brains and a rich social life, but octopuses don't fit the pattern, which suggests ...

Humpback whales off the west coast of Canada have learned a cooperative hunting technique from whales migrating into the area ...

Startling findings in 2024 suggested that metallic nodules on the sea floor produce oxygen and might support life. Now ...

An electrical outage at Chernobyl nuclear power plant risks dangerous fuel overheating, but experts say that the chances are ...

People who combine different types of exercise - such as running, cycling and swimming - seem to live longer than those with ...

Countries have spent beyond their sustainable water budgets for so long that critical assets are depleted and the world faces ...

Two or more satellites could communicate and manoeuvre around one another using magnetic fields, although getting the ...

Spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet have helped researchers map out an ancient coastline that surrounded a large ocean ...

It is impossible to get rid of anxiety because it exists to help us, says cognitive psychotherapist Owen O'Kane. Instead, he ...

A fossil discovery in northern Ethiopia expands the known range of Paranthropus, a genus of strong-jawed hominins that lived ...