Science
Microplastics found in all dead dolphins, seals and whales washed up on British shores
Researchers examined 50 mammals from 10 species of dolphins, seals and whales - and found microplastics in them all
How daily walk can take 20 years off your “brain age”
Researchers found that going for a daily walk or bike raid can take 20 years off older people's "brain age"
Parkinson’s pandemic with cases set to triple over next two decades
By 2040 there could be more than 17 million sufferers across the world - compared to around six million now, warns a new study
Study finds eating dairy fat in yoghurt, cheese, butter and milk could stave off heart attack!
Dairy fats are rich in a particular saturated fat that protects against cardiovascular disease, say scientists
Mind reading machine that converts people’s thoughts into words has been developed by scientists
It offers hope of patients paralysed after a stroke or accident communicating with friends and loved ones - despite being unable to speak
Feathers from four-winged dinosaur shed fresh light on evolution of flight
About the size of a pheasant, Anchiornis roamed China 10 million years before Archaeopteryx - the first recognised bird
Black holes shed new light on expanding universe
Astronomers at Durham University used the huge amounts of radiation supermassive blackholes emit as "beacons" to track the expansion of the early universe
‘Superbug gene’ found in one of most remote places on Earth
The discovery of a 'superbug gene' on a remote Arctic island less than three years after it was first detected 8,000 miles away in India has sparked new warnings of a global health crisis
Marine reptile that looked like duck-billed platypus swam in shallow seas 250 million years ago
It was a poor swimmer, had bad eye sight and relied on touch from its cartilaginous bill to find its prey in murky shallows