Decaf coffee might be the last thing on your mind if you're dying for an afternoon caffeine hit.But experts now say you should reconsider.For drinking a cup of decaf is enough to satisfy your caffeine cravings, researchers have…
Bed bugs are not ones for making a grand entrance. Slowly taking over your bedroom, the tiny insects love to play hide and seek, which makes them “difficult to spot”. Fortunately, experts have shared seven warning signs that could reveal…
Scientists have discovered the long-buried secret of a 17th-century French aristocrat 400 years after her death: she was using gold wire to keep her teeth from falling out.The body of Anne d'Alegre, who died in 1619, was discovered…
The Age’s opinion section is rolling out a series of summer pieces on the theme of ‘My Best, My First, My Worst’. These stories, penned by Age writers, range from humorous to poignant and thought-provoking tales of love, loss and summer…
One of the more attractive elements of watching "Storage Wars" is that the buyers are real people, unexceptional aside from their encyclopedic knowledge of collectibles and memorabilia. Not glamoured up for television, the…
Studying an atomic clock on-board a spacecraft inside the orbit of Mercury and very near to the Sun might be the trick to uncovering the nature of dark matter.
Studying an atomic clock on-board a spacecraft inside the orbit of Mercury!-->…
It is well known that colds and flu are more common in colder months, although why this is has long been a matter of scientific debate.Now, researchers claim to have finally solved the conundrum – and it's to do with a previously…
Australian scientists have discovered a new recreational drug that hasn’t been toxicologically described anywhere in the world.Found at Canberra’s pill testing site, the substance is similar to ketamine, a horse tranquilliser often used by…
TORONTO — Scientists have uncovered an association between tumours and fungi, which may lead to a deeper understanding towards the biology of certain cancers.
An international research initiative identified 35 types of cancer that carry…