Hundreds of years ago, it was common for married couples among the European upper classes to have separate bedrooms.

Despite their reputation as 'killer' whales, orcas are known to lend a helping fin by sharing their food with humans.

Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course of days or weeks rather than minutes – and scientists have now recorded some ...

A planet that is snuggled up closely with its host star may be igniting colossal flares that strip it of its own mass.

An active ingredient in cough medicines since 1979 has shown promise as a treatment for neuropsychiatric symptoms in ...

How did Earth, alone among the Solar System's rocky planets, become the home for life? How, among all this frigid ...

New research on Monday contradicted the commonly held idea that males dominate females among primates, revealing far more ...

For roughly one in every hundred people, food containing even the smallest amounts of gluten can deliver a gutful of hurt and ...

For years, scientists have believed that inflammation inevitably increases with age, quietly fuelling diseases like heart ...

At its peak some 3,000 years ago, the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon was the largest metropolis on Earth.

Though it's now clear humans continue to grow new brain cells throughout their entire lives, debate persists over whether ...

We know that processed meat isn't particularly good for us, having already been linked to dementia, diabetes, and cancer, but ...