People who were hit or spanked as children face higher odds of mental ailments as adults, including mood and anxiety disorders and problems with alcohol and drug abuse, researchers said on Monday.

European researchers said on Thursday that they have found a way to motivate paralysed rats to learn to walk again through a combination of spinal cord stimulation and robotic-aided therapy.

SPACEX’S DRAGON cargo vessel smells like a new car, said astronauts at the International Space Station after opening the hatches on Saturday following the spacecraft’s landmark mission to the orbiting

Healthy people who exercise and also eat chocolate regularly tend to have a lower body mass index than those who eat the rich brown sweets less often, a US study suggested on Monday.

People from the wealthy upper classes are more likely than poorer folks to break laws while driving, take candy from children and lie for financial gain, said a US study on Monday.

US researchers said on Monday they have discovered how to keep tumour cells alive in the lab, generating buzz in the scientific community about a potential breakthrough that could transform cancer tre

A decommissioned Nasa satellite, the biggest piece of US space junk to fall in 30 years, has crash-landed but the precise location is not yet known, the US space agency said early on Saturday. Nasa has repeatedly said there is only a “very remote” risk to the public from the 26 fragments of the Upper

Coffee has been shown to reduce the risk of skin cancer by helping kill off damaged cells that could otherwise turn into tumours, according to a US study published on Monday.

Scientists have found evidence of flowing salt water on steep Martian slopes, which if confirmed would be the first discovery of active liquid water on the red planet, Nasa said Thursday.

A GEOMAGNETIC space storm sparked by a solar eruption like the one that flared toward the earth on Tuesday is bound to strike again and could wreak havoc across the gadget-happy moder