Fast-Living Fish
An animal that grows up, reproduces and dies of old age in just a few weeks.
Lifespan Limits
When it comes to lifespan, do humans have a fixed finish line?
Disoriented Alzheimer’s
Research into the brain's compass may help diagnose and treat Alzheimer's disease.
Tired Walking
Preventing falls among the elderly is a matter of mental energy.
SuperAgers
Researchers are learning about aging from people over 80 who haven’t experienced cognitive decline.
SuperAgers
Researchers are learning about aging from people over 80 who haven’t experienced cognitive decline.
Memory Over Time
Learning how the brain links memories created days, months or years apart.
Older Minds
The poorly focused mind may hold advantages in some kinds of problem-solving.
Alzheimer’s & Exercise
Exercise may promote healthy communication between blood vessels and brain cells.
Sleep & Aging
Insomnia in older adults is due to a failure in brain circuitry.
Medical Roundup
Slowing Alzheimer’s disease by cleansing the brain of toxic proteins; also, new findings on a sweet-tooth hormone.
Fast-Aging Fish
Can super fast-paced fish reveal how humans could live longer?
Gut Microbiota & Aging
Changes in diet and lifestyle as we age may affect the microbes living in our gut, and consequently, our health.
New Old Neurons
Scientists are developing new strategies for making old neurons to study diseases of aging.
Place Memories
When a familiar place changes, two brain regions work together to update our memories.
Aging in Youth
Researchers look for harbingers of old age in thirty-somethings.
Science News Roundup
A roundup of some of this week’s most interesting science news, including key genetics variants related to brain size and psychiatric disorders, leaky methane in Boston pipelines, and the genetics of longevity.
Feeling Younger, Living Longer
People who feel younger than their chronological age are also less likely to die.
Learning with Age
Both younger and older people can readily learn new information, but older people have a harder time filtering out irrelevant and distracting information.
Old Lungs & Ibuprofen
Ibuprofen might quell lung inflammation and help prevent infections.
Elderly Sleep
Insomnia in older adults is due to a failure in brain circuitry.
Pain and Longevity
Blocking chronic pain could slow down the aging process.