Clare Watson

Sleep: we crave it, chase it, mourn its loss, and embrace it. Exercising regularly can help; even short bouts a few times a week have been shown to improve sleep quality.

Placebos offer the tempting possibility of pain relief without drugs or surgery, largely relying instead on expectations that pain will go away.

It's easy to think of bacteria as one of the greatest scourges on Earth for the diseases and deaths they cause, and how they repeatedly thwart our best antibiotics, evolving into drug-resistant superbugs.

Losing a mouthful of teeth, as can happen in older age, has been linked to a greater risk of dying from heart disease, stroke, and other fatal heart events in a new analysis.

Regulatory hurdles, industry objections and legals fights have gone on for decades over traditional tobacco. What's in store for the next generation of smoking?

Hearing is a skill most of us take for granted. But research suggests that adults should listen out for changes in their hearing, as hearing difficulties might be linked to developing dementia at an older age.

When Isaac Newton inscribed onto parchment his now-famed laws of motion in 1687, he could have only hoped we'd be discussing them three centuries later.

When Isaac Newton inscribed onto parchment his now-famed laws of motion in 1687, he could have only hoped we'd be discussing them three centuries later.

With their whip-like tails, human sperm propel themselves through viscous fluids, seemingly in defiance of Newton's third law of motion, according to a recent study that characterizes the motion of these sex cells and single-celled algae.

With their whip-like tails, human sperm propel themselves through viscous fluids, seemingly in defiance of Newton's third law of motion, according to a recent study that characterizes the motion of these sex cells and single-celled algae.