According to new research, what you eat may be just as important as the type of diet you follow when it comes to protecting your heart. A major new study, which tracked nearly 200,000 people over ...

Many of us tend to ponder about the universe when looking at the night sky on a clear evening. We all know the type of questions that emerge during these occasions. Interestingly enough, even ...

It is generally believed that people become gradually less sociable as they grow older. Is this actually the case, and if so, what causes this change? A new study published in the peer-reviewed ...

Most of us probably reach for a morning cup of coffee to wake up and feel energized, but could your coffee habit also help you age better? A new large-scale study suggests exactly that, particularly ...

Recently we made an attempt to put incomprehensible astronomical distances into a human perspective. We started by looking at the vast distances within our solar system, moving on to distances within ...

Jupiter has 79 known moons, the four largest of which are known as the 'Galilean moons'. These four worlds are among the most fascinating in our entire solar system. In this article, we will attempt ...

The number of people in Australia who follow vegetarian or plant-based diets is growing rapidly. People might choose to be vegetarian for ethical, cultural or health-related reasons. While not all ...

The human brain, our most complicated organ, has gone through several growth spurts throughout the eons. But about 3000 years ago, something remarkable happened. Instead of the typical continued ...

Whoever coined the phrase “it’s a small world” obviously never tried to travel around it! In truth, the planet’s dimensions are quite impressive, and determining just how big it is took many thousands ...

Megalodon was a giant shark that roamed the oceans for millions of years before becoming extinct some 3.6 million years ago. Scientists have been trying to determine its size for over a hundred years ...

Have you ever woken up with a vivid memory of a dream, while someone else remembers nothing at all? A new study by researchers at the IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, in collaboration with the ...

Scientists at the Monash Energy Institute have developed a longer-lasting, lighter, and more ecologically responsible alternative to conventional lithium-ion batteries. By employing a glucose-based ...