A toaster-shaped device lets you charge your phone in TWO seconds. Swippitt lets you place your handset in a slot and ...

Locals have been left baffled by a prankster who has left a plate of peeled bananas on their street every month for more than ...

Parkinson's disease patients can dance the blues away, reveals new research. Dancing lowers the depression associated with ...

Socializing with friends and family helps protect people from a heart attack and illnesses such as flu, according to new research. Loneliness is linked to a higher risk of heart disease and stroke and ...

A "remarkable" tree fossil has been discovered - which reveals the "English Riviera" Devon coast was once a volcanic island covered in palm trees. The 377 million-year-old fossil was discovered by Dr.

X-rays will be safer thanks to new detector technology, say scientists. The scans are a common part of medical testing and industrial monitoring, used for everything from dental checks to monitoring ...

Male African elephants develop "distinct" personality traits as they grow older, reveals new research. They show "consistent" individual differences in aggression, dominance and friendly behavior, say ...

Industrial pollution has been having a negative impact on human health since the height of the Roman Empire, reveals new research. Lead pollution likely caused widespread IQ declines throughout Europe ...

Meet the specially trained HeroRATS who "save lives every day" - by sniffing out hidden landmines in Cambodia. Cambodia has one of the highest concentrations of landmines in the world. APOPO is a ...

A new blood test can predict how long vaccine immunity will last. The revolutionary breakthrough will help to create more effective jabs, say scientists. They explained that when children receive ...