Middle-aged women are the most at risk from living near power plants, a study suggests. Researchers at Harvard University found that US counties closer to nuclear plants had higher cancer death rates ...

The military’s relationship with tobacco reflects a broader evolution. What began as a morale staple, packed alongside rations, has become a regulated health concern measured against mission impact.

Star Wars creator George Lucas was hugely influenced by the films of Akira Kurosawa, and ended up working with him to make a great samurai movie.

Last year surgeons announced the UK’s first baby born from a womb transplant involving a living donor. In the latest case, Hugo’s mother, Grace Bell, an IT programme manager, was born with ...

Womb Transplant UK is running two programmes, one involving living donors and another with organs from women who have died.