Jane Goodall, who has died aged 91, changed the world because of the way she saw animals, and in particular, chimps. In 1960, when she was 26, she observed a chimp she had named David Greybeard ...

Music training seems to boost reading skills in young children by enhancing their ability to recognise and manipulate the sounds that make up words. Learning to play an instrument has long been linked ...

Acclaimed conservationist and chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall has died, leaving behind a legacy of empathy for primates and the natural world ...

Feedback is amazed to find that the audible vocalisations of the house mouse is all but unstudied in favour of the ultrasonic sounds humans can’t hear. SQUEAK!

Autism may exist in multiple forms, with the condition's genetics and signs differing according to the age at diagnosis ...

Work on medical uses of mind-altering substances was sidelined for decades by the political backlash against drugs, a misstep that has echoes in today’s intolerance of some fields of study ...

The question seems to suggest that the person is cold on awakening in bed. So, the first bit of advice would be to get a thicker quilt. It is easier to stay warm than it is to get warm. Assuming mild, ...

Singlet oxygen can be damaging in both cells and batteries but it has taken almost 60 years to work out exactly when it shows up in chemical reactions within both ...

Previous answers have sensibly referred to the Sumerian base-12 and Babylonian base-60 numerical systems, but I am surprised no one has noted that the second corresponds to a human’s typical resting ...

The DART mission achieved its goal of changing one asteroid’s orbit around another, but questions remain about why the orbit continued to alter over the following month ...

In its most basic form, surface tension is the tendency of liquids to bead up rather than spread out because they are more attracted to themselves (cohesion) than they are attracted to other things, ...

Premenstrual syndrome and its symptoms is neglected by science, so Sarah Hill's new book is welcome. But it needs more on genetics, not just lifestyle changes, says Alexandra Thompson ...