Ageing impacts cancer, both in good and bad ways

Ageing can stop aged cells from forming new cells and may also witness rogue cells escape retirement

'We need better awareness to stop this trend of old age pregnancies'

Jaideep Malhotra, president of the Indian Society for Assisted Reproduction (ISAR) and director of Rainbow IVF, talks to Down To Earth about the …

Russia to bring woolly mammoths back from the dead

The government of a remote region in Siberia is planning to build a “Jurassic Park” where cloned woolly mammoth, cave lions and other …

World’s oldest asteroid strike in western Australia might have triggered a global thaw

Models show that if the Yarrabubba asteroid hit an ice sheet 5 km thick, more than 200 billion tonne water vapour would be ejected 

Modern humans may be losing microbial diversity, show teeth samples from Bronze Age

Higher diversity of bacteria involved in gum disease found in 4,000-year-old teeth from a limestone cave

Raising marital age of women: Smashing patriarchy or further regression?

The proposed law to raise the marital age of Indian women is not very productive in the attainment of better health and education health status&…

‘Next solar cycle may be stronger than previous one’

Study debunks theory of a global cooling phase compensating for global warming  

Long-term care for the aged in Ghana is on the back burner. Here is how to change it

The care of older people in care home facilities remains unaffordable for most people.

Global warming is universal, speedy and worldwide: Study

In contrast, other well-known cold and warm snaps of the past were more regional

Scientists may have found a way to reverse age by more than two years

Using a combination of growth hormone and two common drugs used for diabetes medications, a scientist reduced epigenetic clock by an average of …

Melting Mongolian ice reveals fragile artifacts that provide clues about how past people lived

Ice patches also preserve ‘ecofacts’ that trace important ecological changes, like shifting tree lines or changing animal habitats

Ancient DNA helps reveal social changes in Africa 50,000 years ago that shaped the human story

Around 20,000 years ago, foragers in some African regions were almost exclusively finding their partners locally

China’s population has peaked and is now falling — opportunities and risks for Africa

African countries with a large working-age population can theoretically benefit from the end of China’s period of labour-abundance

Cross-continent social networking may have existed 400,000 years ago, fire use patterns suggest

The various groups of hominins were tolerant towards one another and exchanged ideas much like modern humans

‘We are skipping a whole glacial cycle’

A study has found that even moderate human emissions of 1,000-1,500 gigatonnes of carbon would postpone the next glacial age by at least 100,000 years

Simply Put: Marriage and employment

Volcanoes play their own role in warming Earth: Study

It also found that all volcanoes on the planet are emitting carbon dioxide

Catching 'em young: Big Tobacco's mantra for Indian kids

The industry is openly violating the anti-tobacco law to lure children to its products, finds a new survey

Raising legal age of marriage for girls: Change in legislation without education won’t bring gender equality

Bringing at par the ages of two genders is considered as an indicator of gender parity; so the legal age of boys for marriage can be …

Tobacco use by adults below 25 may soon become illegal

Government mulls changes in law to prevent surrogate ads by tobacco companies

Earth’s inner core is older than previously determined, find researchers

Researchers revise age of Earth’s solid inner core from 565 mln years to 1-1.3 bln years   

Water, Marathwada women’s woe: No brides for farmers as families look for city matches

Access to water, better infra drive marriage prospects as women yearn for more 'comfortable' lives

Australian TV channel gets flak for racist depiction of Amazon tribe

Survival International launches 'Freakshow TV' to challenge Channel 7's portrayal of the Suruwaha as savages 

Skewed sex ratio worsens marriage woes for Marathwada farmers

May encourage child marriages, worries expert

Match migrants’ skills with needs of ageing countries to drive global growth: World Bank report

Populations across the globe ageing at an unprecedented pace, global competition for workers and talent to intensify