For the First Time, Researchers Find Longevity Gene That Helps Determine...
Science Come on, you apes! You wanna live forever? Humanity's search for the secrets to immortality has inspired Ray Kurzweil's Singularity vision and DARPA's hunt for ageless synthetic beings. Now...
View ArticleBlocking Delicious Smells Could Lead to Longer Lifespans
Science Finding in fruit flies could lead to odor-blocking drugs that might prevent disease or boost lifespan Dieters know the powerful temptations of just seeing or smelling food. Certain odors might...
View ArticleNew Genetic Model Accurately Predicts Who's Likely to Live to 100
Science In 1997, Jeanne Louise Calment of France died at the age of 122, making her the oldest documented human to have ever lived. People who live to be 100 years or older are rare,… In 1997, Jeanne...
View ArticleScientists Retract Controversial Longevity Study, Blaming Equipment, But...
Science Remember last year’s death-predicting longevity-gene study, estimating who is likely to live to 100 and who will not be so lucky? Well, the authors of the study have… Remember last year’s...
View Article6 Animals Older Than The World's Oldest Woman
Science A Japanese woman has been recognized as the oldest woman on the planet, at age 114. Very impressive! But these six animals would scoff at a mere 114-year-old. Click to launch the gallery.…...
View ArticleScientists Hope To Extend Your Dog's Life With Anti-Aging Pill
Health You may not need to go all "Pet Sematary" to keep Fido around. The quest to find the Fountain of Youth is still alive and well. But today, its pursuers are molecular biologists rather than...
View ArticleTweaking One Enzyme Doubles A Worm's Lifespan
Health It could work the same way in humans From the second we’re born, our cells are given their marching orders for how to grow, mature, and maintain our bodies. But at a certain point, the repairs...
View ArticleHormone Boosts Immune Function And Might Extend Your Lifespan
Health Giving you a well-preserved thymus A team led by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine has discovered a hormone that can coax an aging body into producing more T cells, which could keep...
View ArticleIs living forever going to suck?
Health We might be too sick to enjoy our extended lifespans. The scuttlebutt around Silicon Valley is that soon we’re going to live way, way longer. But more life doesn’t necessarily mean a better life.
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