Anyone who has ever watched Star Wars: The Clone Wars will be well aware of the fact that the galaxy is home to some quite ...

Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will ...

It was a dare that changed the trajectory of an teenager's life forever, which his now-adult friends are still reeling from.

Rugby player Sam Ballard was just 19 when he swallowed a slug at a friend's party. The decision would have devastating ...

Sam Ballard died at the age of 28 after eating a slug as a dare when he was a teenager. The consequences proved to be ...

A study using lab-made models of the brain suggests that a herpes virus may be a key link between concussions and dementia ...

Findings reveal the memory-related brain processes that generate unwanted thoughts when people are sleep deprived ...

The gene neuropilin2 encodes a receptor involved in cell-cell interactions in the brain and plays a key role in regulating ...

Researchers have discovered that the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein persists in the brain and skull bone marrow for years after ...

The Vivalytic test is a PCR rapid test that specifically detects the six most common causes of bacterial meningitis in under ...

You'll be a geriatric mum, if you haven't left it too late." These jibes used to roll off my back, but lately they've chipped ...

According to scientists who study diseases, the possibility of a fungal pandemic—the subject of science fiction TV shows like “The Last of Us,” could be more of a reality, thanks to climate change and ...