The answer to the problem of feeding the growing global population may be microscopic.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, presenter of the TV series Cosmos, has always had his eyes on the heavens.

Anti-wind farm groups insist the turbines are making people sick, but new studies suggest a surprisingly different cause.

A preference for male lab rats in clinical trials skews new drugs towards effectiveness in men.

Researchers are edging closer to reliable gene therapy, providing a revolution in healthcare.

Climate researchers are turning their minds to Plan B – manipulating the atmosphere to engineer a return to liveable conditions.

Continued debate over the existence of the G spot and even vaginal orgasms reflects a lack of solid science about women’s bodies.

Cancer researchers have turned to a largely forgotten treatment developed in the 1890s, injecting bacteria into tumours.

New research has reopened debate about the origins of oxygen, the precursor to complex organisms.