More fruit and veg might prevent nearly eight million premature deaths each year, researchers say.

No, our institutions won’t save us.

Astronomers are excited by the discovery, which suggests that some of these exoplanets — planets around stars other than the sun — could support life and may be awash in oceans.

Even a single workout may start to change how the heart’s cells work, a study of mice on treadmills found.

Calls in Russia for Matilda, the true story of a future tsar and a ballerina, to be banned over blasphemy.

Attracted by false marriages and jobs, women are subjected to sex trafficking and forced labour.

A US study finds LGB teens are 14% less likely to attempt suicide in same-sex marriage states.

A newly unearthed essay by Winston Churchill reveals he was open to the possibility of life on other planets.

There are 2,473 billionaires in the world by a new count, and how they got their money and what they plan to do with it are matters of global importance.

Anti-establishment sentiment is surging to a record high—the question now is who will capture and channel it.