Scientists have solved the mystery of when black holes “burp” – when the astronomical bodies launch jets after feeding on stars, blasting material enormous...
Climate breakdown probably weakened the glacier that collapsed causing catastrophic floods and killing hundreds of people in Nepal and Tibet last month, the first...
A mathematician has uncovered what may be one of the longest-running myths in history after studying optical illusions and the Parthenon, the famed Greek...
The presence of an extraordinary circle of yawning pits created by Neolithic people near Stonehenge has been proved thanks to a novel combination of...
Helen BriggsEnvironment correspondentGetty ImagesAll domestic cats (Felis catus) are descended from the African wild catIn true feline style, cats took their time in deciding...
Nearly a century ago, scientists proposed that a mysterious invisible substance they named dark matter clumped around galaxies and formed a cosmic web across...
Scientists have identified five major “epochs” of human brain development in one of the most comprehensive studies to date of how neural wiring changes...
The number of monitored bathing sites in England meeting minimum standards for water quality has risen slightly since last year, according to new figures...
People who stop using the weight-loss jab Mounjaro not only tend to regain weight, but experience a reversal in other health improvements too, research...