A deadly fly once wiped out across North America has resurfaced in northern Mexico – and it’s creeping ever closer to the US ...

“Most so-called women’s running shoes aren’t truly designed for women,” first author of the study Dr Chris Napier – assistant ...

Scientists really don't understand time... but they do have some theories about what it might (and might not) be.

Around 90 per cent of people with Parkinson’s develop a motor speech disorder called dysarthria, which can cause hoarseness, ...

The spider-tailed snake has a bulbous tip on its tail, fringed by long scales that make it look like a spider.

Living near a golf course might improve your access to greenery, but all that grass has a dark side, according to recent ...

There are more animal gamers than you might think. In California, for example, US Navy sea lions have been trained to ...

Dogs love their toys, with some being described as 'ball junkies'. But research shows this could sometimes tip over into ...

Psychology is rife with myths: you only use 10 per cent of your brain; you’re either left-brained or right-brained; your ...

Clubbed fingers – where the tips become bulbous and nails curve downward – can be a subtle sign of underlying disease. They ...

Fog is made up of molecules of water vapour, suspended in the air as tiny droplets of water but lingering close to the surface. Essentially, fog is just cloud that touches Earth’s surface and it forms ...

When you smell something in the air, it’s because scent molecules have dissolved into the wet lining of your nose. Smelling underwater is no different, except that the molecules are already dissolved ...