aging
11/05/2024 - 15:06
The changing face of old age
The study, led by Markus Wettstein of Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, and... →
19/03/2023 - 14:35
As Simone de Beauvoir writes in her magisterial study of the topic, La vieillesse (1970) – translated in the UK as Old Age,... →
05/01/2023 - 14:25
Hong Kong came in first place with an average life expectancy of 85.29. The other countries ranking above Israel were Japan, Switzerland,... →
04/10/2022 - 13:36
Poor mental health can speed up a person’s aging process more than smoking or certain diseases, according to a new study. Humans... →
09/02/2021 - 12:31
Now, after decades of research into the effects of ageing, scientists are uncovering another, more mysterious change. “The conclusion is... →
19/12/2019 - 17:58
Using the human genome, the researchers found that the maximum natural lifespan of humans is 38 years, which matches anthropological... →
26/10/2018 - 13:40
The natural conclusion is that both the miracles of modern medicine and public health initiatives have helped us live longer than ever... →
22/08/2018 - 12:48
Church and his eclectic lab have pushed bioengineering in multiple directions, showing how it can be used to resurrect mammoths, eradicate... →
31/05/2018 - 00:17
The older you get the more difficult it is to learn to speak French like a Parisian. But no one knows exactly what the cutoff point is—at... →
05/10/2017 - 12:10
Grey considers aging an engineering problem. The human body is a machine, he told me in the following interview, and like any machine, it... →
02/10/2017 - 14:02
To be sure, more than half of teens still engage in these activities, but the majorities have slimmed considerably. Between 1976 and 1979,... →
29/09/2017 - 14:42
Here’s what you should know:
What is ‘old’?
Most people wouldn’t say that a 38-year-old qualifies, but once you pass the median age... →