Could we live to 140?

All passengers have now left the Dutch cruise ship, MV Hondius after a voyage that lead to the death of three passengers from hantavirus. The virus is usually found in rats. One passenger is thought to have caught the virus while birdwatching in Ushuaia, Argentina, where the ship ...  عرض المزيد

Global food production is being threatened by an interruption to the supply of fertiliser, according to the boss of one of the world's biggest fertiliser producers. Fertiliser is something that farmers put on fields to help plants grow.When the United States and Israel struck Ira ...  عرض المزيد

Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75. -Benjamin Franklin 

Human life expectancy has been increasing for decades. In many developed countries, we can now expect to live into our 80s, and it isn’t uncommon to live to 90 or even 100 years old. But eventually our bodies fail, old age is undoubtedly a clear indicator of approaching death. Th ...  عرض المزيد

More and more people are living to 100, but what is the secret of a long life? 

An international group of scientists has discovered more than 100 new species living on seamounts off the coast of Chile. - Un gruppo internazionale di scienziati ha scoperto più di 100 nuove specie che vivono nelle montagne sottomarine al largo delle coste del Cile.