Number of depressed over 65s unchanged but antidepressant use soars

The proportion of people aged over 65 on antidepressants has more than doubled in two decades—according to new research led by the University of East Anglia.

Growing minority of teachers in Northern Ireland working across sectarian divide

A study by researchers at the University of Ulster has found that more teachers in Northern Ireland than ever before are working across the sectarian divide, with teachers from Catholic communities working in Protestant schools and vice versa. This is especially the case for those working in post-primary schools (age 11+).

Astronauts replacing old batteries in 1st of 5 spacewalks

Astronauts kicked off the first of five spacewalks to replace old batteries at the International Space Station on Sunday.

Controversy stalks Nobel Peace, Literature prizes

Controversy stalks the Nobel prizes for peace and literature in a way it rarely does for science.

US researchers on front line of battle against Chinese theft

As the U.S. warned allies around the world that Chinese tech giant Huawei was a security threat, the FBI was making the same point quietly to a Midwestern university.

Israeli archaeologists claim to discover ancient city

Israel's Antiquities Authority on Sunday said that researchers have discovered the remains of a large, 5,000-year-old city that sheds new light on experts' understanding of the period.

Not long ago, the center of the Milky Way exploded

A titanic, expanding beam of energy sprang from close to the supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way just 3.5 million years ago, sending a cone-shaped burst of radiation through both poles of the Galaxy and out into deep space.