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The great variety of aging styles among plants and animals suggests it can be controlled.

As our lifespans have increased, so too have our active years. Can that go on?

Nanoscale thermal physics guarantees our decline, no matter how many diseases we cure.

Failures of perception illuminate the neurology of how we see.

The biochemist explains the elements of life, sex, and aging.

New insights into mitochondria reveal how life expends energy.

What I learned trying to keep up with my 4-year-old daughter at the royal game.

The high technology that could help us live through the sun’s inevitable transformation.

Tantalizing evidence suggests that brain activity shifts to increase wisdom as we age.