A man who lived to age 114 died recently on a small Mediterranean island. Until age 102 he rode a bicycle every day to tend to his family's orchards. His 101-year-old brother, his two daughters aged 81 and 77, and a nephew aged 85 all still live in a small town on the Spanish island of Minorca. All of which got some scientists wondering: ...

Linked mutations in growth genes with life genes?

The world's largest project to investigate how genes and lifestyle combine to cause common diseases has received the go-ahead. Organisers of the UK's ''Biobank'' project will now begin recruiting the half a million citizens aged between 40 and 69 t...