The Universe may not have begun with a Big Bang, but instead with a Big Bounce, according to a new theory about how the ...

The online encyclopedia was founded almost 25 years ago by Jimmy Wales, who at the time was working on an expert-led project ...

Killer whales have a grisly new technique for hunting juvenile great white sharks – and scientists caught it on camera.

On 24 February 1997, Jerry Linenger and his five crewmates faced a danger they hoped they’d never meet: a fire aboard their ...

Jimmy Wales, internet entrepreneur and founder of Wikipedia, reveals major changes coming to the web’s biggest bank of human ...

The space rock has actually been hanging around Earth for 60 years, but no-one has noticed it before... until now.

Healing a wound without leaving a scar is something we could all do while in the womb. But unlocking this ability after birth ...

The visible signs of ageing – wrinkles, greying hair, aching joints – are only the surface expression of something far more ...

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has rejected claims by Elon Musk that the online encyclopedia has a left-wing bias, describing ...

Tiny birds can cross continents, but where do they find the energy? Scientists are beginning to probe the engine rooms of ...

From fasting to low-protein diets, the evolving science of dietary restriction might just offer the key to slowing ageing ...

Scientists have found evidence of multiple infectious diseases that may have played key roles in the army’s catastrophic ...