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I am a bit of a sunscreen fanatic. My morning and midday sunscreen applications are ritualistic in nature, and I…

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The older we get, the greater our likelihood of dying. Or at least that’s what we thought. New research suggests…

Scientists think they’ve stumbled upon a newly discovered mechanism that could explain why some people’s hair turns…

People age at different paces. If you went gray before all your friends, or found wrinkles creeping along your…

Two decades of healthy growth, followed by four to eight decades of slow-motion physical and mental collapse—that’s…

Immortality may be a gift reserved only for the mole rats of the world. But staying highly active into your golden…

A popular theory about how the human brain works—one that’s inspired both neuroscience research and sketchy health…

New research shows that many young children, prior to reaching the age of six or seven, mistakenly believe that…

An international team of researchers has uncovered tell-tale signs of Alzheimer’s disease in dolphins, marking the…

Indole, an organic chemical compound that’s found in our gut and contributes to the smell of poop, increases the…

Humans are the only animals known to develop Alzheimer’s disease, an age-related brain disorder that causes impaired…

Humans don’t like dying, they don’t like the idea of dying, and most have made not dying an important part of their…

For just about his entire life, Ron Smith has been a subject of a scientific inquiry. At birth, in 1972, he was…