A common drug, lithium, could hold the key to long life, in flies at least, according to research.

Incompatibilities in the DNA of Neanderthals and modern humans may have limited the extent of interbreeding between the two groups.

Tata Steel made hundreds of millions of pounds selling carbon emissions permits given for free under a European Union emissions trading scheme, experts say.

Experiments show how ribose - an important sugar for life - can form when a simple icy mixture is hit by UV light.

Astrophysicists outline what Planet Nine might be like - if indeed it exists.

The first inflatable habitat set to be occupied by astronauts will launch into space this evening.