longevity

How ‘blue zones’ offer secrets for long lives—and shorter ones, too

Pockets of centenarians have been revealing clues for living longer. Now, those areas’ next generations are teaching us how to mess it all up.

How long will you live?

How long will you live?

A controversial new test could determine your actual biological age and reveal just how many years you have left

You can stay in Hollywood—just act your age

Aging movie stars are in no rush to give up the spotlight, and a good thing for studios, too.

Hunger games

Live longer by avoiding hunger games

Eating less, a lot less, may not be the secret to a long life after all

How reading about coffee may harm your health*

Or perhaps we’re grossly exaggerating…

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Methuselah’s children

A note on that Boston University study of centenarian genetics: it may represent a rare case of a piece of research being slightly undersold in the popular press. The CBC (to take an example at random) reports: