Once celebrated as "Heaven on Earth" by travel writers, now a monstrous 238 tonnes of plastic debris scatter the white sandy beaches of the Cocos Islands - including bottle caps, straws and flip-flops

The study shows that long working hours speed up the shortening of telomeres - caps on the end of chromosomes that protect our cells

Researchers found that as temperatures increase, trees grow faster - but they also tend to die younger

Controversial drug Tramadol is deemed historically 'safer' than other morphine based drugs, the medical versions of heroin

A new study suggests that meals that include fresh avocado as a substitute for refined carbohydrates can "significantly suppress" hunger and increase meal satisfaction in overweight adults

Researchers have found the first evidence of radioactive carbon from nuclear bomb testing in muscle tissues of crustaceans that inhabit the deepest parts of the oceans

The largest ever study of the relationship between the gut and the debilitating nervous system disorder involved the analysis of more than 62 million patients records

Researchers say that the first ever global assessment of the location and extent of the planet's remaining free-flowing rivers highlights severe "degradation"

Those exposed to neonicotoids - the world's most common insect repellant - muster only a third of their normal distance, according to the study