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Humans might not hibernate but may still need more winter sleep, study suggests

Researchers say if the findings can be replicated in a healthy population, this would be first evidence for a need to adjust sleep habits to season.  » Read More

Scientists make breakthrough in bid for new light-activated cancer treatments

Treatments would be more effective than current state-of-the-art cancer immunotherapies  » Read More

Ruins of 5,000-year-old tavern with oven, fridge and ancient beer recipe unearthed in Iraq

Researchers suspect ordinary people from the ancient city came there to eat  » Read More

What is Marburg virus and how does it spread?

Certain strains of the virus can kill up to 88 per cent of infected people  » Read More

New study refutes claim that T rex could have been three different dinosaur species

‘Tyrannosaurus rex remains the one true king of the dinosaurs’

Only eating in the day ‘may lower blood sugar in those with type 2 diabetes’

Restricting eating times could help counteract the negative effects of eating throughout the day, researchers say.

Fossil of ‘earliest known predator’ named after David Attenborough

The 560-million-year-old fossil has been named Auroralumina attenbouroughii in honour of the natural historian

Fossil named after Sir David Attenborough ‘is first animal predator’

The 560-million-year-old specimen is related to the group that includes corals, jellyfish and anemones living on Earth today, researchers say.

‘Insect apocalypse’ may cause plants to battle for pollinators and ‘destabilise’ co-existence

‘Pollinators may destabilise plant competition by favoring common plant species at expense of rarer competitors’

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