This week in science: The world's second-largest diamond is being evaluated; the genetic secrets of a 117-year-old woman are ...

If you're a parent or have a chronic health condition that needs quick or frequent trips to the bathroom, you've probably mapped out the half-decent public toilets in your area.

Some of the mysterious pinpricks of light at the dawn of the Universe could be a type of object we've never seen before.

Images taken of the Universe's most photogenic black hole over time reveal strange and exciting changes in its magnetic field.

Staring at the ceiling while the clock blinks 3am doesn't only sap energy for the next day. A large, long-running US study of older adults has now linked chronic insomnia to changes inside the brain ...

The shocking discovery of hematite on the Moon was made a few years ago. Hematite forms from the oxidation of iron, a process more commonly known as rusting. This mineral is found widely on Earth, but ...

There's no escaping the unrelenting passage of time, but supercentenarians who live to see their 110th birthday have a ...

Traditionally, most heart attacks have been blamed on clogged arteries causing atherothrombosis – where blood clots block ...

An ancient skull, warped and damaged by the ravages of time and degradation, may have just altered our understanding of the ...

Find yourself prone to anxiety? The roots of the condition could stretch back to before you were even born, according to a ...

A supermassive black hole in the far reaches of the Universe has been found guzzling down material at one of the fastest rates ever seen.

After pain was induced, the musicians reported experiencing less discomfort overall. And while the hand map in non-musicians' ...