Browsing: lifespan

I’m often asked whether we’re better prepared for the next pandemic. It’s a mixed answer, but the bright spot is scientific progress on vaccines. The Covid…

With a maximum lifespan of more than 200 years, the bowhead whale lives longer than any other mammal. But how the 80-tonne beasts survive so long…

The lifespan of two UK nuclear power stations that power more than 4m homes a year has been extended by France’s EDF and the British Gas…