Science

Here's what the experts say about the benefits and risks of veganism in childhood.

Some cats are quiet, while others meow loudly for attention. What makes the difference may be buried deep in their genes.

More than a century after colonisation, the Ainu language almost vanished. Now machines are listening to hours of old recordings and learning to give it a new voice.

Before the internet took over the world, psychedelic rock band The Grateful Dead were among the first – and most influential – forces at the dawn of online communication.

The question of whether siblings' birth order shapes their personality has puzzled families and psychologists for years. What does the evidence say?

Some people are allergic to others – but the mystery of how this works is only just starting to be unravelled.

A new programme using a form of horse therapy is attempting to tackle the trauma that is thought to lie behind the high rates of arrest and imprisonment among US veterans.

There are huge gaps in what we know about sperm, from how they navigate to why sperm counts are tumbling. The BBC unravels why we know so little about this perplexing cell.