I’ve always wondered: does anyone my age have any chance of living for centuries?
Reader Adam Barclay, 44, wants to know if someone his age has any chance of living forever.
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Health-care spending has only a modest effect on lifespan and premature death
Our new meta-analysis, which pooled results from 65 studies, looked at health-care spending by both the private and public sectors including preventive and curative care.
If we were like mice we could live to 400 – but we’re not, so we don’t
Anti-ageing research often uses short-lived model species such as mice. But these species age in a very different way to us, so they may not tell us all that much about boosting our own lifespans.
How your parent’s lifespan affects your health
Longer-lived parents have healthier children - but why? Insights from the UK Biobank study.
How old church records are helping us to assess the impact of childhood disease and why we’re living longer
Study investigates whether a decrease in serious childhood disease could be extending human lifespan.
A 400-year-old shark is the latest animal discovery to reveal the secrets of long life
What are the oldest living animals on the planet?
Sales increase by up to 56% when shoppers know a product will last
We want products that last, it's up to manufacturers to provide us with the information we need to buy them.
Lemurs may hold secrets to living longer, but they won’t increase our lifespan
A new study looking at a long-lived lemur species attributes it to their frequent hibernation-like state. But what lessons can humans learn from this?
Ageing isn’t fixed – we can manipulate it to live longer
When I was younger, about ten years old, I realised that everyone ages and dies. And I thought well why should that be? Can’t we do something about it? I then thought I’d do it. I’ll study ageing and figure…
What the humble worm might tell us about doubling our lifespan
Nothing is more certain in life than death. As we age, we become much more susceptible to major diseases like cancer and heart disease because the mechanisms that help prevent them earlier in life start…
Taste affects fruit fly lifespan
When a fruit fly’s ability to taste its food or water is suppressed, its lifespan significantly increases or decreases – regardless…
Shorter men live longer – it’s in their genes
Good news for short blokes. Researchers have found the shorter a man is, the longer he will live. The University of Hawaii…
Why do humans deteriorate with age? It’s a biological puzzle
Some species live for a very long time, others more fleeting. Bristlecone pines have remarkable life spans of around 5,000 years and in the animal kingdom, creatures like elephants, whales and tortoises…
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