Locals have been left baffled by a prankster who has left a plate of peeled bananas on their street every month for more than ...

Parkinson's disease patients can dance the blues away, reveals new research. Dancing lowers the depression associated with ...

Socializing with friends and family helps protect people from a heart attack and illnesses such as flu, according to new research. Loneliness is linked to a higher risk of heart disease and stroke and ...

Meet the specially trained HeroRATS who "save lives every day" - by sniffing out hidden landmines in Cambodia. Cambodia has one of the highest concentrations of landmines in the world. APOPO is a ...

A "remarkable" tree fossil has been discovered - which reveals the "English Riviera" Devon coast was once a volcanic island covered in palm trees. The 377 million-year-old fossil was discovered by Dr.

A new screening method that uses laser analysis and artificial intelligence could identify early stages of breast cancer, a study suggests. Researchers at the University of Edinburgh believe the fast ...

New treatments to slow the aging of the brain may be possible following a major breakthrough. American scientists have identified specific cell types in the brain of mice that undergo major changes as ...

Exercise really does reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as cancer, according to a new study. And doctors should survey all patients about their physical activity levels, say scientists. American ...

A new early warning tool developed by British scientists will help control devastating locust swarms. Desert locusts typically lead solitary lives until something - such as an intense rainstorm - ...

A mystery "alien" signal from outer space has been tracked down to its source. First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts, or FRBs, last only a millisecond and can carry an enormous amount of energy ...

People are less attractive when they are covered in tattoos, according to a new study. Researchers found that younger people, tattoo artists and those with body art themselves are not turned off by ...