The secret tool whales use to avoid cancer for over 200 years
Long-lived bowhead whales employ DNA repair strategies to avoid cancer and live for 200+ years
Aging
Does keeping cool keep you young? How climate change affects aging.
Recent study identifies that heat waves pose a similar threat to public health as smoking tobacco or drinking alcohol.
Vitamin D supplementation improves a biomarker of aging, but will it make you live longer?
Clinical trial shows that vitamin D supplementation improves one marker of aging
Want to slow down aging? Try these lifestyle habits
New research reveals how simple changes in your routine might slow aging from the inside out.
Do Animals Age Like We Do?
Researchers find shared mechanisms regulating longevity across species that could be targeted to test pro-longevity interventions in animals.
Antibodies Can Make You Seem Older Than You Are
Scientists found that antibodies usually protecting us against infections are drivers of fat and whole-body aging.
Your Liver is a Teenager and Your Heart is a Grandmother
Scientists have developed models that can predict disease predisposition based on how “old” organs appear.
Aging? Blame your mitochondria
Scientists have discovered that mitochondria bursting may cause cellular aging.
Chimpanzees go through menopause, too
Researchers have discovered that one of humanity’s closest relatives also experiences menopause, contradicting a popular hypothesis about the evolutionary origins of this process.
Turtles barely age compared to humans and other animals
No one can escape aging. But scientists have found that turtles and tortoises live much longer and barely age compared to humans and other animals.