Expert sommeliers can take a whiff of a glass of wine and tell you a lot about what's in your pinot noir or cabernet ...

Porton Down’s archive was opened up for a study into the health of the human volunteers in the nerve agent testing programme.

Water is ubiquitous and seemingly ordinary, possessing no distinct color or odor. Though we often take water for granted, it is by no means a simple substance. As a consequence of its chemical ...

Claims that the popular snack is full of pesticides and heavy metals like lead and cadmium require critical context.

A child would need to eat 9,000 cookies in a day to approach harmful levels of pesticide or naturally occurring heavy metals.

In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-metre-wide asteroid 320 million kilometres from Earth.

Similarly, most living things produce records of their own existence in layered body tissues – often in the form of daily or ...

New research reveals that brake pad emissions may be more toxic than diesel exhaust, posing serious health risks.