In an alarming new research study, researchers have stated that lung cancer mortality rates among women could increase by 43 per cent by 2030. The findings are according to an analysis of data from
Theories about mankind's ancestry are likely to be thrown into confusion after the discovery of a skeleton more than three million years old in South Africa which could reveal that our ancestors
Two Stanford scientists have invented a device that could simplify the study of cells by isolating the molecules that inhabit the cell walls. The device, which sorts molecules found in the cell
UK government advisers are expected to recommend that cloned human embryos can be used in medical research. While human cloning must remain banned, scientists should be able to use embryos that are
If you have ever marvelled at the capacity of otherwise civilised humans to bomb each other, blame your ancestors. The primitive urge to gather sharp instruments and impale antagonists
Scientists advising the government will urge Britain to allow some research into the cloning of human embryos as a way of creating spare body parts for transplants or disease treatment, British
Scientists launched a new effort yesterday to bring the extinct Tasmanian Tiger back to life, hinging their hopes on a tiger pup which has been preserved in alcohol for more than 130
An intriguing fossil skull, presumably from a Homo erectus and possibly a revealing piece of evidence for understanding human evolution, has been found not on a parched hill in Africa or along a
A report that scientists have created a smarter strain of mice by inserting extra copies of a particular gene into fertilized mouse eggs is a neat technical advance with perplexing implications. When
In a study already drawing the fire of controversy, an American geographer has found evidence suggesting, in his view, that little more than the amount of iodine in their diets may have been
A team of Australian scientists has discovered the world's oldest oil in 3 billion year old rocks from Australia, South Africa and Canada. Their discovery suggests that oil forming microbes were both
