How we're about to solve the world’s greatest archaeological puzzle Artificial intelligence is helping archaeologists unlock Earth’s oldest secrets.

The Mediterranean diet may help you live longer, especially if you also adopt the lifestyle of people living near the Med during the 1950s. Characterised by a high intake of plant-based foods and ...

New studies are helping us understand how the Egyptian Pyramids were built, with modern scanning techniques helping things along.

Here’s the best way to respond to an insult, according to science 'I know you are, but what am I?' is surely the best comeback of all time.

Recent research has highlighted that your personality has a big part to play in both dementia diagnosis risk and resilience to the disease.

Shipwrecking ‘rogue waves’ are raging through our oceans. And they have scientists puzzled Extreme waves have recently sank cruise ships and fishing vessels .

The ‘ashen light’, or AL, is a faint, mysterious glow, or colouration, seen in the night-side hemisphere of the planet Venus. It’s often compared to the reflected ‘Earthshine’ that sometimes ...

Tom Howarth Tom is trends editor at BBC Science Focus. He obtained an MPhil degree in advanced chemical engineering from the University of Cambridge, where he conducted research into amyloid protein ...

Mother Earth, Gaia, the third rock from the Sun - whatever you call it, this 4.5 billion-year-old planet is the one that we and all known living creatures call home.

From the creators of BBC Science Focus, Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. With each episode, a different world-leading expert will help you understand the latest ideas and ...

Colin Stuart is an astronomy author and speaker ...

Tom Ireland is a freelance science journalist, and editor of The Biologist, the bi-monthly magazine of the Royal Society of Biology.