Scientists tested two species against each other to see which was more likely to fall for an optical illusion.

A deadly fly once wiped out across North America has resurfaced in northern Mexico – and it’s creeping ever closer to the US ...

“Most so-called women’s running shoes aren’t truly designed for women,” first author of the study Dr Chris Napier – assistant ...

Psychology is rife with myths: you only use 10 per cent of your brain; you’re either left-brained or right-brained; your brain has a ‘learning style’. Culture is littered with ideas that would have ...

The spider-tailed horned viper contains the raw ingredients of two of the world’s most common phobias: arachnophobia (fear of spiders) and ophidiophobia (fear of snakes). The only way it could ...

When the core set of symptoms are the same, how can you tell diabetes type 1.5, or LADA, apart from it's famous cousins?

That annoying flicker in your eyelid? It’s usually nothing to worry about. Known as myokymia, this harmless twitch is linked to tiredness, stress, caffeine or screen time. Sometimes women wonder if it ...

Celebrating the best of photography under the microscope from the Nikon Small World Competition ...

Scientists really don't understand time... but they do have some theories about what it might (and might not) be.

Dogs love their toys, with some being described as 'ball junkies'. But research shows this could sometimes tip over into ...

Clubbed fingers – where the tips become bulbous and nails curve downward – can be a subtle sign of underlying disease. They ...