Older women can significantly reduce their risk of early death by walking just 4,000 steps a day, new research suggests. Crucially, this benefit, which slashes the chance of premature mortality by ...

It turns out there were lots of ways to spend your 'wakefulness' period HUMANS used to sleep twice every night and only recently quit the habit, a scientist says. These days, we expect a continuous ...

It's a chore that many people dread. And now it turns out you've probably been drying your clothes wrong. That's according to Dr Rebecca Drummond, an expert in immunology and immunotherapy at the ...

Before electricity, humans naturally slept in two phases, waking for an hour or two around midnight for quiet activities. This biphasic sleep pattern, influenced by natural light cycles and melatonin, ...

Whether you're making a comforting stew or a mouthwatering curry, they are often the first ingredient you reach for. But scientists say that you might have been cooking your onions wrong. To get the ...