Honeybees read "mental maps" to find their way home in a similar way to mammals and birds, new evidence shows.

Men feel more pain than women while recovering from major surgery, a study suggests.

The results of two international trials against advanced skin cancer have been hailed as "exciting and striking" by specialists.

Exposure to high levels of "male" hormones in the womb increases the chance of a baby boy developing autism, according to researchers.

The chemical scientist who reinvented ecstasy as a party drug has died at the age of 88 from liver cancer.

Scientists will be ready to create babies from three people in around two years, if it is made legal, a review says.

Airbus releases pictures of the recent "drop test" it conducted off the Singapore coast for its concept spaceplane.