You're taking a walk on a beautiful day and feeling great-until you turn your head and catch your shadow in silhouette.

What has no brain, no nervous system, and not even nerves, yet acts as if it has reflexes? The answer is a Venus fly trap.

Vagus nerve stimulation (aka VNS) helps activate the parasympathetic nervous system to relax the body and bring things back into balance. "The goal of vagus nerve stimulation is to improve vagal tone, ...

If walking is a series of controlled, false falls, 18-year-old Aidan Harris moves in precision plunges and pivots so smooth ...

If you're spending eight or more hours a day hunched over your computer, followed by a few more hours scrolling through your phone or tablet at home, you could be setting yourself up for 'tech neck'.

When a man is publicly executed for his views on a university campus, one would expect institutions of higher education to respond immediately — if only to confront the chilling effect such violence ...

Parades, conferences, celebrities, oh my. This week’s Pride festivities are an embarrassment of riches — and honey, that’s never embarrassing! What’s going on this weekend for Pride? A whole lot. So ...

A mum has issued a warned after a monkey bit her daughter in the neck during a trip to Bali, resulting in her needing a rabies jab. Flavia McDonald jetted off to the Indonesian island with her husband ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Not the head or the heart, but the neck — the throat, really, and that seems deliberate: Shut Charlie Kirk up, forever. A self-made autodidact with no college education, a husband and father of two, ...

Charlie Kirk, a right-wing influencer and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed during an event at a Utah university on Wednesday. Kirk, 31, founded Turning Point USA, an activist ...