Centenarians, once considered rare, have become commonplace. Indeed, they are the fastest-growing demographic group of the world's population, with numbers roughly doubling every ten years since the 1970s. How long humans can live,...

Running 10 hours a week for more than 120 km (75 miles) is extreme exercise, to be sure. Yet far from pushing the body beyond its limits, a new study suggests some...

Given the right conditions, tiny airborne particles of the rock mineral feldspar can influence cloud formation. Just how this happens, however, has never been clear.Now new research has now solved the mystery...

The stories we tell ourselves about the natural world can sometimes stretch far from the truth.For years, visitors to the rainforests of Central and South America have been told of a tree...

Scientists have discovered how our DNA can use a genetic fast-forward button to make new genes for quick adaptation to our ever-changing environments.During an investigation into DNA replication errors, researchers from Finland's...

Underwater cameras have captured a unique dolphin behavior off the coast of Western Australia in what scientists suspect is a world-first.For decades now, bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and local crabbers in the...

Scientists have solved the mystery of one of the animal kingdom's most disproportionately large penises thanks to a Dutch retiree recording bat sex in a church attic.The serotine bat does not use...

Parents in the US regularly give children as young as preschoolers the supplement melatonin, despite a lack of evidence to support its safety or effectiveness, new research reveals.A survey of parents found...