Social media is full of posts claiming ice baths enhance vagal functionUldis Laganovskis/Alamy The Great NerveKevin Tracey (Penguin on sale ...

“A human mind-melded to a rat could move with the rodent, and smell and feel what it sensed…”Shutterstock/Linda Bestwick In ...

The “milpa” systemMatilde Gattoni For millennia, the Maya people of Guatemala have been practising a unique agricultural system that fuses ...

We need a social media site that is designed specifically for children and teenagers. And we need to do it ...

Le Corbusier used Fibonacci sequences in his building designs, like this one in Marseille, FranceChris Hellier/Alamy BlueprintsMarcus du Sautoy (Fourth ...

Laura (Amaryllis August) and her parents set out for Paris when floods hitBBC/Zentropa Entertainments/StudioCan​al/CANAL+/TV 2/Per Arnesen Families Like OursBBC iPlayer ...

“Countless studies have shown that most of us are pretty abysmal at lie detection”Chloeimages/Alamy Distinguishing fact from fiction is one ...

Given a choice between two sea snail shells, hermit crabs know which will make a better home. That is, unless ...

An artist’s impression of Earth in the Archaean Eon, 3.8 billion to 2.5 billion years agoCHRISTIAN JEGOU/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Mysterious ...

Superb starlings take an unusual approach to co-parentingGrahame Cornforth / Alamy Stock Photo They say it takes a village to ...

The Foresight AI model uses data taken from hospital and family doctor records in EnglandHannah McKay/Reuters/Bloomberg via Getty Images An ...

Share on PinterestResearchers have developed a novel way to measure a “functional heart age” using MRI scans. SeventyFour/Getty ImagesCardiologists are ...

Share on Pinterestcuts could have a significant impact on low-income households, older adults, children, and other vulnerable groups. Maskot/Getty ImagesRepublican ...

Normal potatoes like these turn brown when they are sliced openFormatoriginal / Alamy The potatoes I am eating are nice, ...

Stuart WoodwardBBC News, EssexSteve Hubbard/BBCFinley has received weekly lipid infusions directly into his heart since he was fourLike most teenagers ...

Neve Gordon-FarleighBBC News, EssexJamie Niblock/BBCEllena Baxter says witnessing her mother suffer was "devastating" The daughter of a couple who were ...

Quantum correlations are the strongest ones ever measuredSAKKMESTERKE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The strange connections between quantum objects are the strongest relationships ...

Space-time is considered the fabric of physical realityScience Photo Library/Alamy The first time a physicist told me they wanted to ...

Is there hydrogen to be found beneath the Grisons mountains in Switzerland?Thomas Stoiber / Alamy Mountain ranges could be a ...

Some people live with pain for years or even decadesAsiaVision/Getty Images Learning how to regulate negative emotions like anxiety could ...