Scientists have hailed a "remarkable" discovery concerning a wasp-like insect's plant-cutting mechanism, suggesting it could revolutionise modern surgical techniques. Researchers at Heriot-Watt ...

Human Rights Watch on Wednesday criticised Iraq's amendment of the personal status law, saying it restricts women's rights and makes them "second class citizens". In January, the Iraqi parliament ...

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies. Photos: Halloween celebrated around ...

A new study shows that aging isn't a totally gradual or linear process. While the research comes with caveats, the findings could help us age more gracefully. A pathology professor who believes ...

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance. Brunkow, 64, is a senior program manager ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 15 (Reuters) - The rings of Saturn are among the wonders of our solar system, with a diameter of roughly 175,000 miles (280,000 kilometers) as they encircle the giant planet. But ...

A study led by the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity found there is a worrying increase in strep bacteria growing at rapidly different rates in different parts of the country. The ...

Europe's human rights watchdog has raised concerns about the policing of protests in the UK following arrests over the ban on Palestine Action, and called for broader protest laws to be reviewed. In a ...

Labor senator Deborah O’Neill says the Albanese government should demand a full refund from Deloitte Australia for a $440,000 report that was revised due to artificial intelligence-related errors in ...

The science is unsettled, but researchers say there is cause for concern. Tiny plastic particles like these—called microplastics—are added to some exfoliating skincare gels and can get into the ...