Running 10 hours a week for more than 120 km (75 miles) is extreme exercise, to be sure. Yet far from pushing the body beyond its limits, a new study suggests some...

Scientists have discovered how our DNA can use a genetic fast-forward button to make new genes for quick adaptation to our ever-changing environments.During an investigation into DNA replication errors, researchers from Finland's...

In a spectacular discovery, scientists have detected aurora-like emission in the atmosphere of the Sun.At an altitude of some 40,000 kilometers (25,000 miles) above a burgeoning sunspot growing in the solar photosphere,...

Infections from a parasite which can cause long-lasting, severe diarrhoea has seen an "unprecedented and ongoing" surge across the UK. This increase in infections has been ongoing since mid-August.Almost 500 cases of...

A new study reveals a previously undiscovered way that we can feel light touches: directly through our hair follicles.Before now, it was thought that only nerve endings in the skin and around...

If there's a man in the Moon, as the old beliefs go, he's a pretty venerable one. Earth's lunar companion is thought to have formed not long after the planet itself, some...

The role of the gut microbiome in causing Alzheimer's disease has finally been confirmed.Using gut microbiota transplants, an international team of researchers has shown memory impairments in humans with Alzheimer's can be...

How will our Sun look after it dies? Scientists have made predictions about what the final days of our Solar System will look like, and when it will happen. And we humans...