Loss of muscle is an inevitable consequence of aging that can lead to frailty, falls or mobility problems. Eating enough protein is one way to remedy it, but it would seem that spreading protein equally among the three daily meals could be linked to greater mass and muscle strength in the elderly.

In a study analyzing the genomes of 210,000 people in the United States and Britain, researchers at Columbia University find that the genetic variants linked to Alzheimer’s disease and heavy smoking are less frequent in people with longer lifespans, suggesting that natural selection is weeding out these unfavorable variants in both populations.

September 5 used to be a hot day in the US, but temperatures have plummeted since the 19th century.

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Yesterday I highlighted the Guardian report that all of our fish were swimming north to get away from our overheated seas.

The driverless trucks are coming. This is not the premise to an upcoming sci-fi thriller, although the front pages of the UK’s papers have recently led some to believe that this is the start of something very sinister.

Women were the key to spreading culture and knowledge around Europe 4,000 years ago, according to new research.

The dead tree press have only taken five weeks to catch up on my report of this National Grid study, posted here last month!

‘Invoking aliens as a potential solution to an ongoing mystery is lazy,’ complains science writer. Mysterious signals detected in a distant galaxy by astronomers working for Stephen Hawking’s project to find alien life have sparked a debate over whether they could be from UFOs.

Animals are often used by scientists and psychologists to illustrate or prove theoretical ideas. Naomi Alderman has been looking at the story of Pavlov’s dogs in Science Stories.

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Tech companies are competing to develop the first viable passenger-carrying sky taxis, whether manned or pilotless, but how soon could these clever copters really be whizzing over our cities? And would you trust one?

When a climate alarmist, here-in and hence forth known as the Frizzler’s, try to bedazzle you with blinding science, telling you that harmful back radiation rays are going to frazzle the Earth, leaving everything asunder and barren you need to be able to provide examples which show how utterly ridiculous they are.

Researchers have discovered that a 192-year-long series of volcanic eruptions in Antarctica coincided with accelerated deglaciation 17,700 years ago.

“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.” –Neil deGrasse Tyson

The discovery of boron on Mars gives scientists more clues about whether life could have ever existed on the planet, according to a paper published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

By following up on mysterious high-energy sources mapped out by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, the Netherlands-based Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) radio telescope has identified a pulsar spinning at more than 42,000 revolutions per minute, making it the second-fastest known.

Environmental activists are blaming global warming for intensifying Hurricane Irma as the massive storm barrels across the South Atlantic towards the Florida coast.