Léa Surugue

Food Standards Agency has advised people should reduce consumption of browned toast and crispy potatoes.

Taking into account hysterectomies in the analysis of cancer mortality has led to these rates being underestimated.

The structures were discovered near Birka, the first Viking town in Sweden.

The extinction of ancient Australia's megafauna has been heatedly debated among scientists for years.

The burial found in Western Scotland is one of the few ever discovered and documented outside Scandinavia.

The trivalent vaccine has been tested in guinea pigs and macaques.

Since the 19th century, human activity has profoundly changed marine ecosystems and the role of megafauna in South America.

Comparing the brains of Tasmanian tigers and Tasmanian devils, scientists find evidence of behavioural differences.

Evolution of the wet climate would have driven human population movements in and out of the Sahara.

Caffeine found to counter age-related inflammation which often triggers cardiovascular disease.

Award-winning filmmakers team up with archaeologists to find clues about the legendary civilisation.

Dutch speakers born in Korea were better able to (re)learn Koran as adults.

Diagnosing asthma can be difficult because it is such a complex and variable condition.

A site in Kazakhstan appears conducive to the re-introduction of Amur tigers in Central Asia.

Traumas during childhood and personality traits increase risk of developing eating disorders well into adulthood.

Among men who have sex with men, the risk of getting syphilis is increasing, and HAART could be a factor.

Cambodian forests have been cut down to make way for rubber plantations and fields.

Scientists are working at new ways to come up with vector control methods to fight off dengue fever.

Study shows that higher blood pressure is associated with a greater chance of having a boy.

The tomb was also reused at a later stage, in the early Islamic Period.

Stem cell research is often controversial but it has also led to incredible medical progress in recent years.

In-vitro gametogenesis shows promise for many infertile couples, but scientists have warned of ethical issues.

The poachers were well educated and organised, confirming the need for local initiatives to be established to counter them.

Thanks to innovative scanning methods, scientists have shown babies and adults have similar visual cortex.

The findings could lead to new research to help women in sub-Saharan Africa avoid infection.

Drinking alcohol makes people hungry because of what it does to neurons associated with hunger.

Looking at the genome of over 3,000 humpback whales, scientists have been able to pinpoint conservation priorities.

The viral genomes were found in aquatic vertebrate hosts from the early Palaeozoic era.

Scientists have identified the genes that influence the condition's development.