In order to function properly, the human brain requires the ability not only to store but also to forget: Through memory loss, unnecessary information is deleted and the nervous system retains its plasticity. A disruption of this process can lead to serious…

Archaeologist Mike Pitts takes looks at how Stonehenge was constructed, and how people transported its huge stones to the famous site.

Carbon capture and utilisation technologies, which aim to pull carbon dioxide from the air and use it for emissions-lowering processes, emit more carbon than they remove

Nearly 200 countries agree to start negotiations on a global treaty to tackle the plastic "crisis".

Violent crime is deeply entrenched in some developing countries, particularly in Latin America. Our experts offer these solutions to bringing down high rates

Will oil at more than $100 a barrel, gas markets in turmoil and war be enough to wean Europe off Russian gas?

Our relationship with food goes deeper than we ever imagined.

For decades engineers have dreamed of programming organisms to sustainably produce ethylene, a chemical that is nicknamed "the king of petrochemicals" for its importance in plastics. Now, one hopeful ...

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Scientists have developed a quick genetic test that can diagnose a large range of rare muscle and nerve diseases with near perfect accuracy.

In 1889, a mysterious respiratory illness emerged in Russia and then spread across the globe, triggering at least three waves of infection over the course of several years.

The region is nearing a threshold beyond which its forests may be replaced by grasslands, with huge repercussions for biodiversity and climate change.

Researchers from the Charles University in Prague reconstructed the evolution of brain neuron numbers in amniotes and revealed that mammals and birds have dramatically increased neuron numbers in brain ...

Saffron, the world's most expensive spice, is extracted from the flowers of the saffron crocus, Crocus sativus. It has been grown for thousands of years in the Mediterranean region. But when and where ...

As fewer mountain goats are spotted along British Columbia’s central coast, First Nations people team up with biologists to assess the population.

Oldest known ancestor of octopuses unearthed in Montana in form of approximately 330m-year-old fossil

Researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered a novel molecular process that corals use to control the subcellular environment of the algae that live inside them.

This mysterious conifer is an evergreen species with massive limbs and sharp leaf blades.