Objects that are out of sight could now be captured with an ordinary digital camera, according to new research published in the journal Nature.

It’s not only beauty that varies with the eye of the beholder. Unlike humans, birds can detect ultraviolet (UV) light – and it may help them navigate forests by enhancing the contrast of the foliage

Most of us think we have control over our online privacy with the security settings of social platforms – and some less trusting people opt out of social media altogether.

A report released in The Lancet heralds the launch of a concerted effort to generate urgently needed solutions for feeding our growing population

A large proportion of the world’s potato crops are suffering from severe depression, according to researchers.

Fiona Simson’s election as the first female president of the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) in 2016 reflects the revolution underway in agricultural science.

Researchers have verified that rice – grown and cooked in water – is a key food source of inorganic arsenic.

Barbecue-cooked meat represents a significant cancer risk, according to Danish researchers.

  Mechanical engineers have revealed the extraordinary complexities involved in cooking perfect fried rice. Making an authentic stir-requires quickly tossing ingredients in a wok over extremely high temperatures up to 1200 degrees Celsius

A surprising new study combined family trees from over 400 million people and discovered that genes play a considerably smaller role than previously thought in how long people live.

Inspired by acoustic sensing technology devised to pick up the munching sounds of termites, scientists have created a belt to record the internal gut rumblings that would normally cause embarrassment at dinner parties.

These slow, gentle creatures have inhabited the Earth and its oceans for more than two million years. They’ve outlived the dinosaurs. But turtles have met their match in modern humans –

If you’d looked to the skies in Oxford, UK, during the summer of 2016 you could have been forgiven for thinking you had spotted the world’s first bionic pigeons.

Thousands of years of livestock dung have stimulated fertile and ecologically diverse wildlife hotspots in Africa

Humans have much to learn from ants, it seems. Researchers have now discovered from their behaviour how a busy work flow can be optimised – and surprisingly it’s not by everyone working harder.

Despite the odds, nature does her best to nurture us. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have reported finding nutritious wild greens growing abundantly in poor urban areas of San Francisco

People searching for love using a popular online dating website tend to target potential mates who are more desirable than they are

The ripple effects of rising global temperatures on Earth’s ecosystems extend to accelerated release of carbon from the soil, according to observations by US scientists.

An eco-friendly material made from crab shells and trees could replace plastic food packaging, according to US researchers.

Researchers looking for a connection between foodborne viruses and psychiatric disorders instead found a surprising link between mania and cured meats such as salami and hot dogs.