Recent demographic research suggests that Brazil may have one of the highest concentrations of supercentenarians in the world ...

Seven years after London introduced its Ultra Low Emission Zone, researchers are moving beyond pollution readings to measure ...

Sea shanties became an online craze, but these old working songs are doing more than filling dancefloors: they're connecting ...

The government is overhauling school food standards in England for the first time in more than a decade. The challenge is encouraging pupils to embrace the new menu It’s midday on a Friday and ...

In rural communities across Syria, a brightly painted bus is bringing books, puppets and art workshops to children who have ...

Carefully planned rewilding that focuses on restoring functioning ecosystems can make landscapes wetter, patchier and more ...

A new mapping tool pinpoints where slugs are most likely to strike, helping farmers cut pesticide use while protecting ...

A giant study of cancer cases spanning millions of diagnoses across 185 countries suggests that more than a third are preventable. Researchers found that 7.1m cases were down to “modifiable risk ...

World events strengthened the case for renewables, Croatia eliminated landmines, and an ‘extinct’ species returned to England, plus more good news Cost of reaching net zero ‘cheaper than oil price ...

For the first time in almost 200 years, giant tortoises are roaming the Galapagos island of Floreana again, thanks to one of the most ambitious ecosystem recovery initiatives undertaken on the ...

In a small but significant breakthrough, an eye condition that can cause blindness has been successfully treated for the first time, scientists said this week. Hypotony is characterised by low eye ...

Communities in England will be given extra powers to take over pubs and other assets threatened with closure under proposed new legislation. Under the English devolution and community empowerment bill ...