Th e United Kingdom has preliminarily registered its hottest day ever, exceeding 40 degrees celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first t...

A laser weapon   capable of shooting down flying drones has been deployed for the very first time by the   US Navy , though only for demonst...

Up to 30% of people with depression   don’t respond to treatment   with antidepressants. This may be down to differences in biology between ...

Humans have a long and rich history with intestinal parasites, and it's chronicled in our very poop. From   Jerusalem   to   Rome   to  ...

Think about people you know, and how you could tell they were around even if you couldn't see them: perhaps their voice, or a favored pe...

For the first time, scientists have taken a proper look at an ultra-low velocity zone. These enigmatic pockets of rock sit close to the Eart...

Earth's auroras are a glorious wonder, but our planet isn't the only place in the Solar System where these phenomena can be found. A...

The brain-hijacking parasite   Toxoplasma gondii   seems to be almost everywhere. The microscopic invader is thought to infect   up to 50 pe...

A spacecraft looping around the Sun has made its first close approach – and filmed the encounter in glorious detail. The European Space Agen...