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Why Smelling the Opposite Sex Can Age You
The evolutionary tradeoff between longevity and reproduction changes with gender.
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Why Stem Cells Are Unfair to Their Children
This leaky barrier in old stem cells contributes to aging.
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Yes, You Get Wiser with Age
How the psychosocial dimension changes the picture of aging.
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Precision Medicine and Aging Have This in Common
They both drive the complexity of medical care up.
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How Aging Research Is Changing Our Lives
An interview with Eric Verdin, CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
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Why You Can’t Help But Act Your Age
The surprising relationship between mindset and getting old.
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Does Having Kids Make Mothers Age Faster?
Evidence is stacking up on both sides of an age-old debate.
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How Identity Ages
It’s not just our flesh and bones that change as we get older.
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The Oldest Problem in American Prisons
U.S. prisons aren’t prepared for an inmate population that is getting older and sicker.
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Why Men Don’t Live as Long as Women
It’s the testosterone, don’t you know.
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Retiring Retirement
A growing portion of the elderly look and act anything but.
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This Is Life at 400
Ballooning life expectancies are upending age-old definitions of life stages.
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The Real Secret of Youth Is Complexity
Our physiological processes become increasingly simple as we age.
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The Man Who Blamed Aging on His Intestines
The productive, bizarre career of Nobel laureate and early aging researcher Elie Metchnikoff.
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Why Evolution Is Ageist
Genetic mutation changes from adaptive to dangerous after reproductive age.
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Will 90 Become The New 60?
As our lifespans have increased, so too have our active years. Can that go on?
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What Good Is Grandma?
The growing role of grandparents in raising children is right in line with human biology.