Slapping therapy: What is the controversial Paida Lajin 'self-healing' treatment?
Workshops are held to 'purge toxins from patients' - but in rare cases have resulted in death.
Compound found in semen and aged cheese shows promising effects against heart disease
Spermidine slows down ageing and is found in aged cheese and mushrooms.
We are hardwired to hate low-calorie green vegetables
When given the choice between red or green foods, people go for the scarlet option.
Sex with Neanderthals helped our ancestors live out of Africa
Breeding with archaic humans provided modern humans with a set of useful genes.
World's tallest tropical tree is as high as three blue whales stacked end to end
The tree reaches a height of 94.1m and was first seen from a helicopter.
Martian meteorites reveal drought of millions of years on the planet
Meteorites investigated with Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity suggest planet has been arid for a long time.
How probiotics could improve cognition in Alzheimer's disease patients
Following a probiotic treatment, elderly Alzheimer patients scored higher on a cognition test.
Rats love tickles - it makes them 'laugh' just like humans
Tickling rats has allowed scientists to understand how the brain reacts to tickles.
This man was shackled before his burial in an Etruscan tomb 2,500 years ago
The man was probably a slave or a man condemned for an offence.
There's going to be a mega supermoon - here's how to watch it live online
November's supermoon is worth watching – it will be the biggest supermoon in seven decades.
Vikings raided Europe because they couldn't marry back home
Access to women may be one of the main reasons why Norsemen raided Europe.
Trump to derail Obamacare and tighten abortion laws. He also believes vaccines cause autism
Vice president elect Mike Pence says money should not be given to LGBT groups.
What caused the tsunami that destroyed 'Atlantis'?
Volcanic material entering the sea may have caused a massive tsunami off the coasts of Crete.
Patients who resist malaria infection boost hopes of finding new treatments
Studying sickle cell disease, scientists have come up with a compound to reduce malaria symptoms in mice.
Mind over matter: The biology of how anorexics and bulimics override normal urges to eat
Alterations in white matter connectivity and the role of the hypothalamus were observed.
Ancient insect bite sheds light on mass extinction event that killed dinosaurs
Insect damage on fossilised leaves suggest biodiversity recovered quicker in the Southern hemisphere.
Zika antibody shields mice foetuses from severe damage
The antibody may be approved a lot quicker than potential vaccines against Zika.
World Tsunami Awareness day: 'When the sea goes out, it's time to run'
Tsunamis are rare but deadly - improving awareness is thus crucial to save lives.
Stunning eyelid in the skies created by 'tsunami' of stars colliding
After the IC 2163 and NGC 2207 galaxies collided, gases and stars formed a stunning eyelid feature.
Here's the climate report from 3 million years ago - it tells us what storms to expect
Tropical cyclones from a warmer past can tell us what future storms will look like as temperatures continue to rise.
How the zebrafish could help repair spinal cord injuries
Unlike humans, zebrafish have a heightened capacity to heal from spinal cord injuries.
How Ebola adapted to better infect and kill humans during the last outbreak
The Ebola virus mutated early on in the epidemic to become more infectious to humans.
Mystery shipwreck emerges from the depths of the Baltic Sea
First evidence suggests the ship roamed the waters of the Baltic Sea in the 19th century.
Strange two-headed shark embryo discovered in the western Mediterranean
It is the first time that scientists find a two-headed shark embryo within an oviparous species.
The supermoon of all supermoons is set to appear for the first time in a generation
In 2016, three supermoons occur in row between October and December.
Middle Stone Age tools associated with complex cultural behaviours
The tools bear traces of complex techniques used to process ochre for rituals and in daily life.
Humans lived in Australia's arid interior 10,000 years earlier than expected
Archaeological objects and animal remains rewrite history of humans who first reached Australia's arid regions.
First large-scale HIV vaccine trial in seven years to start in South Africa
Over three years, scientists will test the safety and efficacy of a vaccine regimen to prevent HIV.
Ancient boat burial linked to Pharaoh Senwosret III unearthed in Egypt
Alongside boat burial remains, researchers identified remarkable images of Egyptian watercraft on the walls.
Mystery of the missing hot magma beneath Mount St Helens solved
The melt source region for Mt St Helens does not reside directly beneath the volcano.
