"We've been tracking children's growth from birth all the way through to adulthood, and the fastest period of growth is clearly the first couple of years during infancy," Sean Cumming, a professor in ...

CHENNAI, (REUTERS) – Mount Everest is Earth’s tallest mountain – towering 5.5 miles above sea level – and is still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift ...

In some ways, this is a strange market. It’s not like the tech industry of the past – where we had linear progress on hardware, and a collection of hardware companies in vibrant competition. Now, ...

There are reasons to want to be taller, even if you don't fancy a basketball career or want to strut your stuff as a model on the runway. Surprisingly, being taller can actually influence your ...

When Oliver Rioux joined the Florida Gators basketball team, he became the tallest basketball player ever, standing at 7 feet 9 inches. Professor David Geary, a cognitive scientist and evolutionary ...

Mount Everest’s towering height isn’t shaped by tectonic forces alone. Its continued growth owes a quiet debt to nearby rivers. These rivers, cutting through deep gorges, have helped lift the mountain ...