Hitting a century

...depends on one's will-power and lifestyle and not genes

It pays to be single

Contrary to popular belief, children of single parents do rather well in life

Runaway consumption

State of the World 2004 - Worldwatch Institute

Sex and longevity

Our own microbe catalogue

First genetic map of the microbes found in a healthy human body

Only the lonely

The root cause

Victims of modernisation

Tribal communities of Andaman and Nicobar Islands face extinction

Look what our neighbour is up to!

Myanmar has not sqandered its natural resources in an attempt to ape the West

Ways of lfie in rural and urban India

Am I a junglee?

I don’t care about my looks, so why should you?

A pecking order falls

The veil of civilisation and Hurricane Sandy

Daunting numbers

Daddy's girl

In nature's backyard

New eco-friendly market towns can stop downhill migration

Insight on suicides

Scientists track down the eight-most critical factors which lead to suicides

An urban nightmare

Putting off sleep could spell trouble

Cancer-immune, naturally

How controlling what you eat can help reduce the risk

Is thin beautiful?

A radical new approach to curing girls obsessed with their figures

In'toxic'ating moments

Back to basics

Researchers say complete bedrest may not solve the problem of backache

Killing you sweetly

High sugar intake is the primary cause of diabetes epidemic

Low and middle income countries have seen greatest rise in obese children between 1990 and 2014: Report

At least 41 million children around the world obese or overweight, it says

Stress in the city

How brain behaves when stress builds up

Push to prevent cancer, strokes

Government wakes up to threat of non-communicable diseases