In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Shares in Novo Nordisk were up nearly 12% today – hiking its valuation to more than $280 billion – after it reported new clinical data with one of its obesity drug candidates. The new results ...

Eli Lilly has said it is prepared to invest £279 million ($364 million) in the UK and work with the government to tackle serious public health challenges, including obesity. The proposal ...

Family-run businesses are the 'backbone of the UK economy' says Deborah Meaden ...