Deep in the abyss of the Pacific Ocean, the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone is home to the world's largest accumulation of polymetallic nodules.

By using what would otherwise be an industrial waste in new road pavements, the future of highways and byways could reduce impacts on climate change and potentially save lives. A new analysis suggests ...

Plants are the original solar panels, and they're very good at converting light into energy – red and blue light, that is.

An exquisitely preserved feathered raptor just discovered in north-eastern China could probably fly. It's also somewhat disrupted the evolutionary path we thought birds took to get into the air.

But over the years, daily decisions between tea or coffee could make a big difference to women's bone health, a recent study suggests. Osteoporosis is a common concern for women over 50 years of age.

We all know exercise is good for us – but we don't all have the time, motivation, or mobility to put in regular workout sessions.

Osteoarthritis, where the cartilage in a joint gradually erodes away and leads to the painful friction of bone-on-bone, is the leading cause of disability for older adults worldwide.

Some of the healthiest plant-based foods on the menu – including spinach, beetroot, rhubarb, almonds, and sweet potatoes – could be linked to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), based on a new study.

Prions are one of nature's cruelest tricks. Proteins are chains of amino acids that need to fold in very specific ways – a process that does not always work as intended. Your body is pretty good at ...

The human brain is a magnificently complex information-processing machine that is extremely off-limits to certain kinds of research.

Every winter, Antarctica roughly doubles in size as sea ice locks into place over the ocean. Typically, Breid Bay in East Antarctica is entirely covered in a frozen crust from July through August. But ...

Some computations are so hardcore that it takes a facility of extraordinary power to even think about running them.