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The Maya civilisation is known for its art and architecture. But we’re discovering Maya astronomy was even more advanced than ...

The recent death of Dawson’s Creek star James Van Der Beek from bowel cancer, aged just 48, highlighted a worrying trend: cases of early-onset cancer are rising. Research recently published in The ...

Whether or not we have free will is a question philosophers have been debating for millennia. In the early 1980s, there was a brief moment when it appeared the debate may finally have been settled.

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Artificial Moonquakes on demand could help scientists investigate below the lunar surface. Here’s what they hope to find ...

ADHD traits can have a major impact on nutrition. But a recipe of behavioural and dietary strategies could improve symptoms and wider health ...

Hasslers’ in your life could literally be making you age faster. Here’s how to tell who they are (and how they harm you).

Astronomers have discovered a strange new world just 35 light-years from Earth – one permanently covered in a vast ocean of molten rock. The exoplanet, known as L 98-59 d, defies existing models of ...

To understand the dark empath, we first need to understand the concept of the dark triad. This refers to three personality traits: narcissism (a heightened sense of entitlement and grandiose thinking) ...

While happiness and wellbeing surveys are far from exact science, parents seem happier in some countries than others ...