Cave-dwelling orb spiders have adapted their webs so they act as tripwires for prey that crawl on the walls of the caves ...

By studying the brains of autistic girls, we now know the condition presents differently in them than in boys, suggesting ...

The rate at which the planet is warming has sped up since 2010, and now researchers say that China's efforts to clean up air ...

An eavesdropper hiding inside a black hole could still obtain information about quantum objects on its outside, a finding ...

Taking aspirin was first linked to a lower risk of colorectal cancer in 1988, but the research into its anti-tumour potential ...

Paranthropus was an ape-like hominin that survived alongside early humans for more than a million years. A fossilised leg belonging to a strikingly small member of the group raises questions about how ...

The size and shape of a giraffe’s spots seem to influence how well the animals survive when temperatures get hotter or colder ...

GLP-1 drugs have revolutionised the treatment of obesity, but the very reason they are effective is also why it's vital to ...

When researchers asked people to work on a computer with their phones 1.5 metres away, the amount of time they spent on their ...

Bizarre parasitic wasps preserved in amber about 99 million years ago had trap-like abdomens that they may have used to ...

An "unprecedented view" of how the body changes during and after pregnancy has revealed many long-lasting impacts on the ...

Transparent wood, made by stripping organic polymers and replacing them with a mixture of egg whites and rice extract, could ...