Philosophers have pondered whether we live in a simulation for centuries. Now, Astronomer Royal for Scotland Catherine Heymans suggests a compelling rationale for why our reality might actually be syn ...

Mary West is a medical writer based in Louisiana who has contributed to publications such as Epoch Times Health, Pulmonology Today, Nephrology Times and Medical News Today. She has two degrees from ...

Grim warnings of the existential risk posed by AI are all over the news, but there is very little evidence to back them up ...

Higher temperatures around the world due to the record-breaking El Niño will lead to an estimated 450,000 extra deaths by ...

An unprecedented meningitis outbreak occurred in Kent, UK, in March this year, which seems to have been driven by a strain of ...

Advice about mindful eating, enjoying exercise and getting good-quality sleep was at least as effective for treating ...

Farming is one of the most destructive human activities. Columnist Michael Le Page is excited about developments in ...

Henley Spiers took the top award in the annual contest, with shots of guillemots, penguins and a protective tawny frogmouth ...

Texts from imperial China suggest that some crimes were punishable with unusual amputations and a 700-year-old skeleton ...

An amoeba living in a Californian hot spring is thriving above 60°C, a threshold previously thought deadly to complex life ...

As the world warms, antibiotic-resistant bacteria are escaping from frozen sediments. But with new monitoring tools, we can ...

Children as young as 8 in the US are being prescribed off-label GLP-1 weight-loss drugs, sparking debate about the potential ...