Apparently, new research suggests that the best option for recovery after a strenuous workout is a big bowl of pasta washed down with a few cups of strong coffee, no decaff though.

When people can only communicate with hand gestures, they speak a kind of "universal language" says a new study Roger Highfield reports.

The first factory designed to manufacture the components to build solar thermal electric generating plants has opened in Las Vegas.

Quantum computers could become a reality very soon, opening up some fantastic possibilities - including teleportation, says Richard Gray

After centuries searching for the seat of consciousness, scientists have identified a good place to look, writes Roger Highfield.

Prof Steve Jones visits some old friends and finds a mystery behind their movements

A chameleon that has the biggest growth spurt and the shortest lifespan of all known four legged animals has been identified, reports Roger Highfield.

Today marks the 150th anniversary of a remarkable moment in science, writes Martin Rees, President of the Royal Society, London.

A licence to create human-pig embryos to study heart disease has been issued by the fertility watchdog.

Drinking several cups of coffee a day could halt the development of multiple sclerosis, the results of a new study suggest. Roger Highfield reports.

Ex Intel head Andy Grove is enthusiastically cheer leading on the development of electric vehicles as a "should be" national priority, even to the point of encouraging thousands of retrofit shops to turn conventional vehicles that already exist into pure

100 years ago today something exploded over Russia. An asteroid or a comet more likely than not, and it goes to show how important near earth studies are. Current thinking is that it was an asteroid, and perhaps only around

I've been working for a while now on a high performance fractal rendering program for Macintosh computers. It's main features are its speed, its unique take on coloring, and its ability to create striking looking 3D images. Here are some