Science

Researchers say most of Earth's essential elements for life - including most of the carbon and nitrogen in us - probably came from another planet

And shift works imapcts their unbornms from the earliest stages of gestation

Whether you’ve got more junk on the trunk or a little bit of jiggle round the middle, where you store fat is determined by your genes

The ice is melting quicker than scientists previously thought - and they say it will likely lead to faster sea level rises, due to the continued, accelerating warming of the Earth's atmosphere

Researchers found a protein in the blood that can "very accurately" predict degenerative brain disease well before signs of memory loss and confusion begin.

Teeth from the Galagadon shark were discovered in the same piece of rock as the best preserved T-Rex skeleton from North Dakota.

The increase in asteroid showers backs widely held view the dinosaurs were wiped out by a massive impact, say scientists

A team from Cambridge's Behavioural and Clinical Neuroscience Institute has developed and tested 'Decoder' - a new game aimed at helping users improve their attention and concentration

Men and women who use cigarettes are twice as old as non smokers - biologically