How much do your genes determine how long you'll live? A new study published in Science reveals that genes have a higher ...

A major new study reveals that small, daily food choices rich in antioxidants may significantly lower cardiovascular risk as ...

In high enough doses, hydrogen cyanide can kill an adult human in minutes, but the chemical may be the reason why we’re here ...

Some say new research has "important consequences for ageing research", while others believe the study's findings are "not ...

A new study suggests that lifespan might be 50% heritable — although for now, it's hard to know if the finding applies across diverse populations.

What determines how long we live—and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades, scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low ...

“It really tells us that infants are interacting with the world in a lot more complex of a way than we might imagine,” said ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A microscopic discovery in a California lake sparked buzz and controversy more than a decade ago when it was first revealed. Scientists said they'd discovered bacteria that used the ...

"Each additional 'year' of brain age is associated with meaningful differences in later-life health," a senior author of the ...

An ancient and enormous organism called Prototaxites, initially found to be a type of fungus, may actually be an unknown ...

A 13-atom molecule containing sulfur has been discovered in interstellar space for the first time, providing insight into the origins of the chemistry of life.