About 44% of seabird species are known to eat plastic and some are particularly badly affected, causing malnutrition and new diseases.

The spacecraft will give extra warning about incoming solar storms and coronal mass ejections which can potentially disrupt satellites in orbit.

It had previously been thought that these fossil viruses had no important function and were simply junk DNA.

Safer and more effective treatment options for children are urgently needed to improve survival rates, experts say.

Researchers argue that the study highlights the importance of step-based targets being added to guidelines.

According to the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, countries where life expectancy is currently lower are expected to see the largest increase.

The newly identified 64-kilometre-long branch of the river, named The Ahramat, would have provided an essential water route for transporting goods.

Scientists say they expect the scale of the potential effects of climate change on neurological diseases to be substantial.

Albert Einstein’s theory states that it is impossible for particles to safely follow circular orbits when close to a black hole.

In the early 20th century it was thought that dinosaurs were slow-moving creatures that relied on heat from the sun to regulate their temperature.

It is hoped that in the future, the findings could be targets for cancer prevention.

Researchers say current technology is not advanced enough to replace human coaches, but an AI chatbot may one day be able to do the job.

The study will enable scientists to involve healthy people in clinical trials to test new drugs for the condition.

Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute, part of the University of Oxford, analysed data from two million people

Researchers used AI to simulate the effects of heating chemicals found in 180 vape flavours.

Researchers suggest that in the future the new implants could lead to treatments for spinal injuries without the need for brain surgery.

Psychosis is when people lose some contact with reality, and this might involve seeing or hearing things that other people cannot see or hear.

Researchers say the findings highlight the crucial yet often overlooked role that small invertebrates play in ecosystems.

Researchers identified features of immune B cells which make them successful at targeting tumours.

A new study indicates there are stark differences between men and women when it comes to health.