The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday declared that Africa was free of wild poliovirus , a landmark in a decades-long campaign to eradicate the notorious disease around the world.

With plans to show off a second-generation implanting machine.

What if microbes could drift through the vastness of space like pollen in the wind, planting the seeds of life on planets both far and wide? Is that how life started on our own planet? Is such a journey even possible? 

The centre of the Milky Way is glowing. Yes, there's a big chonkin' black hole there, and it's a very energetic region, but there's an additional high-energy, gamma-ray glow, above and beyond the activity we know about, and it's something that's ye

A pig named Gertrude demonstrated a working Neuralink brain implant for the first time, and Elon Musk says the next step is to move into human trials soon

As a source of clean energy, wind farms come with many benefits - but they can be a danger to local birds. A new study suggests a small tweak to the turbine design could make a big difference in terms of avian safety, and all it takes is a paint j

Psychedelic users have long celebrated the therapeutic properties of LSD, especially for pain, and now, after decades of being banned from clinical trials, scientists are finally revisiting the drug and putting it to the test.

When searching for signs of life in the Universe, we tend to look for very specific things, based on what we know: a planet like Earth, in orbit around a star, and at a distance that allows liquid surface water. But there could, conceivably, be oth

With all sorts of rocks flying around willy-nilly in the space around Earth, telescopes around the world are keeping a careful eye on the sky to make sure we're not in any danger.

From 7 billion light-years away, a pair of colliding black holes has delivered up, on a shiny gravitational wave platter, one of the most sought-after detections in black hole astronomy - the extremely elusive 'middleweight' black hole, which lies

When someone observes an event, did it really happen?

A tiny bit of air always leaks from the International Space Station – but not quite as much as is leaking now.

SpaceX says early tests of its rapidly growing fleet of internet-providing satellites are yielding promising results.

If you're a Star Trek fan, you may think the above image portrays the "Nexus" from the movie Star Trek: Generations. In the film, the Nexus was a ribbon-like extra-dimensional realm that exists outside of normal space-time.

When it comes to weight loss, diet and exercise are usually thought of as the two key factors that will achieve results. However, sleep is an often-neglected lifestyle factor that also plays an important role.

The Nancy Roman Telescope has reached another milestone in its development. NASA has announced that the space telescope's primary mirror is now complete.

One of the most consumed drugs in the US – and the most commonly taken analgesic worldwide – could be doing a lot more than simply taking the edge off your headache, new evidence suggests.

The much-anticipated phase 3 trial of the University of Oxford's coronavirus vaccine has been paused following a suspected adverse reaction in one of its participants.