The human brain may be “wired up” for addictive behaviour according to a study that shows how some people are more likely than others to become addicted to crack cocaine.

Scientist dismisses US group's fear that creation of airborne H5N1 virus could inspire bio-terrorism

Government ministers yesterday promised to put the NHS at the forefront of the revolution in genetic medicine and perhaps eventually see everyone having the three billion letters of their genome fully sequenced.

The classic explanation of how a wing generates enough lift to keep a plane or a bird in the air is wrong, according to a Cambridge University physicist who cites a one minute video as proof.

The classic explanation of how a wing generates enough lift to keep a plane or a bird in the air is wrong, according to a Cambridge University physicist.

Controversial medical breakthrough restores vision – now doctors hope to repeat the success

Influenza experts have agreed to a two-month voluntary ban on research into a highly dangerous strain of bird-flu virus because of fears that it may escape from their laboratories to cause a global human epidemic.

Pharmacy to sell edible microchips that will alert doctors if patients are not taking right medicines.

Dutch lab that created deadly bird flu virus attacks America for redacting its research.

He didn't court controversy, but is happy to make use of it