Arizona's magnificent Grand Canyon is painstaking result of the Colorado River's current wearing away the planet's surface ...

Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the gloom.

Cannabis is increasingly accessible in many countries, including several that have recently relaxed prohibition laws or legalized recreational use for adults.

Many of us have witnessed unusual and even anti-social behaviour at an airport or on a flight. These may range from benign ...

Postmortem brain samples collected last year contain considerably more microplastics than similar samples collected nearly a decade ago, a new study has found, indicating the tiny synthetic particles ...

Tens of millions of years ago, our primate ancestors responded to noises in much the same way many other mammals do, pricking their ears and deftly turning them towards the sound's source.

Hanging the washing out to dry in the garden has been a rare sight these last few months, with winter storms bringing ...

For centuries, people have claimed that their aching joints can predict changes in the weather, often reporting increased discomfort before rain or cold fronts.

The energy resolution limit (ERL) is a mix of parameters representing the economics of a quantum system within a sensor's ...

While this study focused on melanoma, air pollution has been linked to increased risk of other types of skin problems, including premature ageing, hyperpigmentation (a skin condition that causes ...

Cephalopods may have the oldest sex chromosomes of any animal, according to a new discovery in the octopus genome.

Medical and recreational cannabis use is now legal in many parts of the world, but questions remain about its effect on ...