Longevity Research

Longevity Research

a bat hanging upside down in a tree.
By studying the oldest animals, researchers hope to pinpoint factors affecting human longevity.
a man sitting on the bow of a sailboat.
Biological age is a better health indicator than the number of years you’ve lived, but it’s tricky to measure.
Becoming less physically active as you get older is not inevitable.
Many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too.
While Y chromosome loss was first observed in 1963, it was not until 2014 that researchers found the link to a shorter life span.
transhumanism
Proponents of transhumanism make big promises, such as a future in which we upload our minds into a supercomputer. But there is a fatal flaw in this argument: reductionism.
Wearable technology can help increase lifespan by changing what we know about our dietary needs and creating new ways to exercise.
life on mars
Researchers have discovered 830-million-year-old microbes living inside a salt rock on Earth. Could the same occur on Mars?
biological age
Your old-fashioned chronological age is just a number. Your biological age can tell you how healthy you really are.
taboo science
Science has come a long way since Mary Shelley penned "Frankenstein." But we still grapple with the same questions.
After mammoth investments and two decades of anti-aging research, what do immortality proponents have to show for it?
parrots
Parrots outlive other birds and most mammals.
Discussions of human evolution are usually backward looking, as if the greatest triumphs and challenges were in the distant past.
An expert explains the emerging science of nutrigenomics.
Jeff Bezos
Altos Labs is an ambitious new anti-aging company with billions of dollars to back it up.
An older man sitting on a bench.
The number of people with whom we interact is highest around 40, but then things change substantially after that.
Some of the most popular "anti-aging" diets show promise in rodent studies. But are they effective for humans?