The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain – have been assembled in fits and starts over the four billion years of our ...

They found that in 72 per cent of the mammal species, females live longer than males, by 12 or 13 per cent on average. But in birds, males tend to outlive females in 68 per cent of the species, ...

From wooden wheels wrapped in leather to smart tyres made from sustainable and high-performance compounds, tyre technology has come a long way.

If we look across the whole of the mammal branch of the tree of life, we find there are many groups of mammals that have ...