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What do you need to make your garden grow? As well as plenty of sunshine alternating with gentle showers of rain--and busy bees and butterflies to pollinate the plants--you need good, rich soil to provide essential miner...

Researchers have identified six predictors that may help determine the correct amount of lithium to treat a patient with bipolar disorder.

Bernard Bigot, a French scientist leading a vast international effort to demonstrate that nuclear fusion can be a viable source of energy, has died. He was 72.

Differences in gene expression in key brain areas may account for the reason some are less fearful of change than others.

Study links acute stress as a result of childhood maltreatment to accelerated early maturation of the immune system.

Poorly supported assumptions about typical levels of lung function among Black men in the US are leading medics to miss cases of emphysema

Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly (20 per cent) less time in hospital, concludes a new clinical trial.

Levels of bad cholesterol rise during menopause, and 10% of this increase is likely due to shifts in sex hormones. Women usually undergo menopause at the age of 48 to 52 years, leading to a decline in estrogen and increa...

A Blood Moon total lunar eclipse will occur this weekend, and here's when to watch it.

Burning is the release of energy, and some materials like metals, can absorb energy better than others, such as wood.

Are protein bars good for you? We weigh up the case for and against using a high-protein snack to build muscle, support weight loss and give you an energy boost

Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, the fastest planet orbiting the sun and the smallest planet in our solar system.

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