8 ways that drinking coffee is connected to better health and a longer life

Most research on coffee consumption indicates that coffee is not bad for us, and is...

The scariest parts of the new climate change report: The goals the world set are inadequate, and the track we're on is disastrous

And we're running out of time to thwart it.

A revolutionary medical treatment has helped two paralysed people walk again — here's why it's such a huge deal

The treatment involves the installation of an implant that delivers electrical...

Fat in one part of your body is particularly dangerous for your health — here's what an exercise scientist says you can do about it

The bad news is that there's no one exercise you can use to target belly fat in...

Scientists think a giant artificial wall propped up under Antarctica's ice sheets could stop catastrophic sea-level rise

If the sheets of ice sitting atop Antarctica and Greenland were to collapse, the rates of...

23 potential health benefits of dagga - from pain relief to slowing Alzheimer's

It doesn't even seem to harm lung capacity, and may even improve it.

The massive plastic-cleaning device invented by a 24-year-old is headed out to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — here's what the launch looked like

Scientists have questioned whether or not the system will work.

Microwave weapons may have caused the mysterious brain injuries suffered by US diplomats in Cuba and China — here's how they might work

It's a mysterious story about secret weapon technology that keeps getting stranger and...