Bacteria that are resistant to phenomenal amounts of radiation are prompting us to rethink our understanding of the mechanisms underlying ageing.
Products that whiten skin may be changing their names but they’re still selling whiteness through coded words and unchanged pharmaceutical formulas.
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Even as skin-whitening products rebrand, they are still selling racism under the guise of wellness and youth.
Mary-Lou McCullagh, 83, inside her Ventura, California home, in isolation because of COVID-19. She and her husband Bob, 84, greet the little boy who lives across the street.
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What’s in a word? Plenty, when it comes to the choices we use to describe people over 60. Stigma against older people that has been evident during the COVID-19 pandemic shows why it’s time to change.