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Aging
The idea that we're happier at the beginning and end of our lives is really just a comforting myth.
Every Christmas could be the last Christmas.
"We are what our bodies do with what we eat."
But don't buy your own brain zapping machine, yet.
Exercise culture is crazy. But what you need to do is exceedingly simple.
While Y chromosome loss was first observed in 1963, it was not until 2014 that researchers found the link to a shorter life span.
It's common knowledge that syncing your circadian rhythm to a natural light-dark cycle could improve your health and well-being.
The world is aging, and with age comes vision decline. New research may have found how to improve eyesight in an accessible way.
Should men be doing kegels?
Wearable technology can help increase lifespan by changing what we know about our dietary needs and creating new ways to exercise.
The last time the population shrank was during the great famine of 1959-61.
Your old-fashioned chronological age is just a number. Your biological age can tell you how healthy you really are.
He wear no shoeshine, he got toe-jam football...
Learning another language might make you richer, sexier, and smarter. Why not try it?
After mammoth investments and two decades of anti-aging research, what do immortality proponents have to show for it?
Theoretical physicist Brian Greene explores the potential particles of time and why we could, in theory, travel forward in time but not back.
John Templeton Foundation
Older adults who napped at least once or for more than an hour a day had a 40% higher chance of developing Alzheimer’s than those who napped less.
The idea of "absolute time" was our default for millennia. But time is relative, as gravity and motion both cause time to dilate.
It won't give you a six pack, but could improve your bone density.
Nostalgia is a happy remembrance of the past, yet it also leaves us feeling sad. Perhaps ironically, it can serve as a painkiller.
The very concept of a "problem with no solution" goes against human nature. But we must accept this harsh reality to have peace in our lives.
Altos Labs, a new biotech firm with $3 billion in funding, has announced plans to combat aging. But what does that mean for human life span, exactly?
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It’s not a glitch in the matrix. It’s not the Mandela effect. There’s actually a scientific reason you remember things wrong.
Altos Labs is an ambitious new anti-aging company with billions of dollars to back it up.
Life’s stages are changing – we need new terms and new ideas to describe how adults develop and grow
Ages 30 to 45 are now “the rush hour of life.”
“I need to think about the future. Will you help me?”
Research reminds us that mild cognitive impairment isn’t necessarily a prelude to dementia.
The number of people with whom we interact is highest around 40, but then things change substantially after that.