Locals have been left baffled by a prankster who has left a plate of peeled bananas on their street every month for more than ...

Parkinson's disease patients can dance the blues away, reveals new research. Dancing lowers the depression associated with ...

Socializing with friends and family helps protect people from a heart attack and illnesses such as flu, according to new research. Loneliness is linked to a higher risk of heart disease and stroke and ...

A new blood test can predict how long vaccine immunity will last. The revolutionary breakthrough will help to create more effective jabs, say scientists. They explained that when children receive ...

Meet the specially trained HeroRATS who "save lives every day" - by sniffing out hidden landmines in Cambodia. Cambodia has one of the highest concentrations of landmines in the world. APOPO is a ...

Bats are "riders on the storm" when they migrate thousands of miles across continents, reveals new research. The winged mammals surf storm fronts as they traverse Europe, North America and Africa, ...

Exercise really does reduce the risk of chronic diseases such as cancer, according to a new study. And doctors should survey all patients about their physical activity levels, say scientists. American ...

A mystery "alien" signal from outer space has been tracked down to its source. First discovered in 2007, fast radio bursts, or FRBs, last only a millisecond and can carry an enormous amount of energy ...

A simple new nasal swab is able to diagnose asthma in children far quicker than traditional methods. American researchers have developed the test for youngsters that diagnoses specific subtypes of the ...

Artificial intelligence is better than doctors at spotting ovarian cancer, according to new research. Scientists say state-of-the-art robot technology can outperform human experts at identifying ...