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Brain’s processing speed remains high until age of 60, study finds

Slow response time after 20 attributed mainly to increases in decision caution and slower body movement, scientists say

‘Black Death’ may not have killed half of Europe as previously believed, study finds

Parts of Poland, the Baltic countries, and central Spain may have experienced ‘much lighter touch’ of pandemic, research suggests

How your brain wrestles with the ethics of eating animals

Despite the fact that meat comes wrapped up in climate, health and cruelty concerns, many of us happily continue with our carnivorous habits. Sarah Gradidge and Magdalena Zawisza offer some answers as to why

How are cod evolving in response to overfishing?

Tom Cameron explains how ‘supergenes’ may have made cod become more resilient to environmental changes

Dogs can recognise owners by voice alone when they cannot use vision or smell to guide them

Canines recognise owners based on same voice properties humans use to identify each other

Woman is cured of HIV in huge breakthrough for virus treatment

Scientists may have cured HIV in a woman for the first time.

Pottery shards reveal ‘naughty pupils’ in ancient Egypt may have been forced to write lines as punishment

The fragments have notes inscribed with the same one or two characters each time

One in three Americans have high levels of toxic weed-killing chemical in their bodies, new study finds

Human exposures to chemical is likely to increase even more in near future, scientists say

‘Black Death’ may not have killed half of Europe as previously believed, study finds

Parts of Poland, the Baltic countries, and central Spain may have experienced ‘much lighter touch’ of pandemic

Chalk drum from 5,000 years ago is ‘most important art find’ in a century

Sculpture suggests artistic styles and ideas spanned huge distances even 5,000 years ago

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