More than half of football fans wish that the Monday after the big game was a national holiday (55%), according to new ...

A good night's sleep clears the mind like a "dishwasher" cleans crockery, new research suggests. Deep sleep may wash away waste that builds up in the brain during waking hours, say scientists. Their ...

Rocky seashore species in Scotland are being affected by the climate crisis due to warming waters, experts say. An increase in the temperature of Scotland’s seas over the last decade is changing the ...

Motorists have been left baffled after a stone chessboard was installed in a parking lot at taxpayers’ expense. It was erected, along with concrete seating, next to the pay and display machine in the ...

A wallaby joey has been pictured emerging from its albino mom's pouch - after spending four months inside. The joey, which is yet to be named, has begun to emerge from the pouch of its mother - an ...

NASA said International Space Station (ISS) astronaut Suni Williams was directly above London on her spacewalk on Thursday. The current space station commander is tasked with performing critical ...

Spending too long in a sauna without drinking enough water can trigger potentially deadly heat stroke, doctors have warned. They spoke out after a woman in her early 70s was found unconscious in the ...

Men are bigger romance fans than women, according to a recent survey. The survey of 2,000 American romance readers revealed that 63% of men surveyed consider themselves die-hard romance enthusiasts ...

Regular dental flossing reduces the risk of a stroke, according to new research. People who floss their teeth at least once a week lower their risk of suffering a potentially fatal stroke caused by a ...

Deadly bear attacks can be prevented by drones, according to new research. Unmanned aerial vehicles are the "magic tools" needed to chase killer grizzlies away from people, say American scientists.

A group of construction workers has been left stunned after they found a message in a bottle from a team of builders who worked on the same site more than 50 years ago. Anthony Gibbons, 39, discovered ...