Parents around the world increasingly value daughters over sons, a trend that has been growing for at least two decades

Liver cancer patients in the UK will be the first in Europe to benefit from the groundbreaking histotripsy procedure that involves no radiation or chemotherapy

Michael Lachmann, 54, who worked on the ‘Wonders’ series, slipped and fell while coming down the Grands Couloirs glacier in the Vanoise National Park

Scientists say the practice may serve a social purpose

The 1970s caricature of the vegetarian as a mild-mannered, sandal-shod peacenik has passed its expiry date, research suggests

Pak choi plants that were played Bach concertos as they grew ended up heavier and leafier while plants exposed to rock music grew more poorly, a study has found

Scientists have developed a scanner to find arsenic-laced green pigment after thousands of Victorian tomes were removed from public shelves for health reasons

Why are yawns contagious? Scientists address the question by testing whether a chimpanzee can be set off by a tired-looking android, with surprising results

A new survey reveals that more children now play online games every day than spend time in person with friends or parents

Research into the misogynistic subculture has also found that a quarter of involuntary celibate young men probably have autism spectrum disorder