Taller humans have shorter lifespans because DNA changes with body size
Taller humans have shorter lifespans than shorter people because DNA that is linked to ageing and lifespan changes as body size gets bigger, say...
Londoners gloomiest selfie takers out of six cities across the world
Londoners are the gloomiest selfie takers out of six cities across the world, a ‘selfiecity’ study concluded, i.e. Londoners have the unhappiest or least...
Toast lands butter-side up, not down, clever junior scientists show
Toast lands butter-side up if you drop it – 69% of the times – and not butter-side down, a team including three very junior...
Massive whale stranding on Chile beach, 337 found so far
A massive whale stranding has created a graveyard on a southern Chile beach, where so far 337 sei whales have been counted. According to...
UK astronaut Tim Peake to spend extra month in space
UK astronaut, Major Tim Peake, is to spend an extra month in space – extending his stay on board the International Space Station to...
Giant dinosaur footprints discovered in Isle of Skye in Scotland
Giant dinosaur footprints and handprints have been discovered in the Isle of Skye in Scotland, which researchers from the University of Edinburgh say is...
Small dinosaur size of dog lived in North America 60 to 100 million years...
A small horned dinosaur, about the size of a large modern dog, with a puffin-like beak, lived in North America during the Late Cretaceous...
David Attenborough from climate change skeptic to evangelist
Sir David Attenborough, who not that long ago was a climate change skeptic, is today an evangelist, i.e. he is 100% convinced climate change...
Male and female brain types a myth, they’re basically the same
Male and female brain types, described as quite different, is a myth, says a team of researchers from Israel and Germany – human brains cannot...
Marvin Gaye play premiere opens in May 2016 in Northampton
A play about Motown legend Marvin Gaye, from his birth to when he died, will have its world’s premiere in Northampton, in the East...