Eternal or even elongated life is an idiotic thing to wish for. You don't want to get old, and then tack on 50 more years of wrinkles and Metamucil. But prolonged youth? Full body youth? More time being young and nubile and beautiful? Absolutely. And the key to that could lie right inside your brain. Read More >>
Harvard's got a clever little test that just gets you to click a few on-screen circles to guess your age. It was way off for me, apparently I'm meant to be 33 years old by Harvard's measure, but for the rest of the Giz UK staff it was only two years out. Just from clicking buttons. Wow. Read More >>
If your face is wrinkling, joints are creaking and eyesight failing, it's time to face facts: you're getting old. But what causes ageing, anyway, and why is it so damn inevitable? Read More >>
When you're old, screw it—you might as well hit up the 1 - 3pm Pizza Hut buffet to load up on Garlic Pizza bread every day of the week. Your nearly eight decades of life have earned you the right to eat what you want. But seriously, science now says that once you hit 75, the benefits of eating healthily go out the window. Read More >>
Featured comment by redferret:
"I'm seeing too many cynics and not enough skeptics here, so i'll try to balance it a bit.
While i can't comment on the validity of the study (becau..." More »
Using a Panasonic GH2, Dutch filmmaker Jeroen Wolf captured people ranging from 1 year young to 100 years old. It's simple—the person stares at the camera at states their age—yet incredibly touching to see the growth and experience you earn as the years add up. Read More >>
Featured comment by irononreverse:
"Reminds me of the "Noah Everyday" video on youtube. Starts in 2000 and ends in 2006 but apparently he's still doing the photos, they're upon his blog...." More »
Astronauts not only risk getting blown-up on exiting Earth's atmosphere; risk getting blown-out into the unforgiving vacuum of space, and risk dying in a fiery inferno burning up on re-entry, they also age faster thanks to the lack of gravity. Now researchers have found the enzyme responsible for killing-off their cells including their immune system, which could also be inhibited here on Earth to help slow the aging process. Read More >>
Featured comment by freekeys:
""but there’s no reason we can’t prolong our lives like this by many hundreds of years."
Unfortunately evading apoptosis is one of the ways that..." More »
I'm young and dumb and partake in all kinds of illicit activities. It's part of growing up, right? But after seeing these pictures of what happens to a normal person if they kept living an unhealthy lifestyle? I'm now scared for my future. Read More >>
Featured comment by evo:
"It's one thing to have an agenda, it's another thing to blatantly and repeatedly lie. The Daily Mail has made the most retractions of any newspaper ev..." More »
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