Robert Lea

Many experts are concerned about the keto diet's emphasis on fat-rich foods, with one saying it was "at odds with everything we know about long-term health."

As COVID cases surge in the U.S., an ER doctor has said vaccinated New Yorkers experienced less severe symptoms as a result of Omicron than unvaccinated peers.

Using the TESS exoplanet-hunting space telescope, astronomers have found a binary star system where an object erratically spews thick, light-blocking dust.

The James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful humanity has ever launched into space.

Detroit mother of nine Arlena Bomer gave birth to a boy and a girl—the father says twins run on both sides of the family.

As China's Tianwen-1 spacecraft catches images of itself orbiting Mars, we look back at the best images taken by the craft and its Zhurong rover since its launch in July 2020.

Dakota Nenke tested positive for COVID following her death, becoming the youngest Australian to die while infected with the virus.

Sadie Exley contracted COVID at the end of November after she was talked out of getting vaccinated, her father said

COVID vaccinations can cause a range of mild symptoms including armpit pain, but these shouldn't be a concern, experts say.

As a new study shows 37 percent of deer tested in Texas were positive for COVID, it is still unclear what causes the virus to pass between species.

From imaging black holes, rovers on Mars, chimeric embryos, and coming up with solutions to plastic pollution, 2021 has been an important year for science.

A nail-biting video shows snake catchers cutting open a sofa to remove the eastern brown snake, the second deadliest species in the world.

Torrential rains have caused the worst flooding in Malaysia since 2014 leaving at least 48 dead and forcing the 63 and 62-year-olds to share a refuge with a reptile intruder.

Findings indicate that deaths resulting from COVID are a quarter of those seen in previous waves, but experts say this should be handled with caution.

A shipping container set up as a temporary morgue in a region of Queensland is a stark reminder of the dangers of COVID in under-vaccinated populations as cases soar.

The video offers a stark warning to Australians looking to swim in undesignated waterways where the saltwater crocodile is likely to consider them "potential prey."

A Town in Wales was held in a furry grip of fear by a squirrel. One resident warned: "Dare not go out of my house, as it's lurking."

Dr. Karan Raj debunks the social media trend of testing tap water for the COVID virus using lateral flow tests.

Police warned residents of Pacifica, California, to stay out of their backyards and bring pets inside after a chicken was snatched by a cougar.

Asteroid 496860 (1999 XL136) will rocket past our home world at a speed 30 times faster than a jet fighter during the first week of 2022.

The supermassive black hole at the heart of the Centaurus A galaxy blasts out powerful radio jets as it ejects material into space at near light speed.

The unidentified illness mainly affects the elderly and the under-14s and has been found in a region of South Sudan recently hit by extreme flooding.

The groundbreaking $10 billion telescope is set to launch on an Ariane 5 rocket on Christmas Day and will enable astronomers to see further back in time than ever before.

Baran, a 4-year-old chimpanzee born in captivity in Iran, was moved to a Kenyan sanctuary after being rejected by her mother and other chimps.

From chemical traffic lights to acid that greedily consumes a chicken drumstick, 2021 has seen some mind-blowing demonstrations of chemistry shared on TikTok.

Santa will have some extra illumination to guide him over the North Pole this year as charged particles from the sun potentially enhance the aurora borealis.

Talia Iracheta, a mother from Chicago, watched her son become hospitalized after "coughing up blood" as a result of a COVID infection.

The discovery of 70 confirmed cosmic orphans not orbiting parent stars is the largest find of freely wandering exoplanets to date.

The comet, which has been traveling towards us for tens of thousands of years, was caught by two spacecraft before it leaves our solar system forever.

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