Researchers have developed zombie duck drones made from the bodies of dead birds. A team at New Mexico Tech has found a way ...

Whether prolonged education actually causes changes in brain structure over the long term and protects against brain aging is still unknown.

Exam stress for teenagers is made worse by pressure to achieve, a leading academic has warned. He says it means many pupils ...

People with more positive aging expectations rate their cognitive function better. A positive outlook on aging keeps older people mentally sharp, suggests a new study. But more negative expectations ...

The pandemic not only led many families to eat more meals at home, it increased the quality of family time during those dinners.

Not going out is the “new normal” post-Covid, according to a new study. Compared with just before the pandemic, researchers found that people are spending nearly an hour less a day doing activities ...

A nurse who was going to take her own life by jumping in front of an oncoming train was saved by the driver - and then married him. Mom-of-three Charlotte Lay, 33, was stood on the train tracks ready ...

The world’s second-smallest vertebrate has been discovered - a tiny toad living in a Brazilian rainforest. Researchers say the flea toad measures just 6.95 millimeters in length and can fit on the tip ...

London Zoo keepers have captured striking photographs of their most "superstition-shrouded" nocturnal residents with a night-vision technique. Capturing the wide-eyed stare of the bushbaby and the aye ...