While we usually think of astronauts as explorers of life beyond this planet, scientists are discovering that astronauts can actually teach us a lot a...
Here's what's key to know: Because of their greater capacity to empathize, older people can have a better sense of the things that may charge up another person's brain and get them excited. This is a caregiver's balm, capture YOUR creative spirit!
Want to live a long time? Who doesn't? Quite a number of smart people have staked their hopes for long life on restricting their calorie intake. It's an idea that rests on a not-inconsiderable body of evidence. But some new developments suggest it may be a questionable strategy.
It's the chicken-and-egg question of aging: Do we become less active as we get older because our bodies start to break down, or do our bodies start to...
Aging research has far greater potential to repay the public's investment than disease-centric research, because the best defense is a good offense.
We all live by social clocks -- we gauge our lives by all sorts of beliefs that there is a "right age" for this of that attitude, this or that behavior.
Maybe I should go sky-diving or bungee jumping (never done those before!) and see if I can resurrect that old devil-may-care from my youth.
LONDON — Most babies born in rich countries this century will eventually make it to their 100th birthday, new research says. Danish experts say ...
