The Best Way to Apply Sunscreen to Your Face, Revealed by a UV Camera
I am a bit of a sunscreen fanatic. My morning and midday sunscreen applications are ritualistic in nature, and I love…
Why Your SPF 15 Sunscreen Probably Isn’t Enough to Protect You From the Sun
Are you always careful to apply sunscreen before a day outdoors, but find yourself getting burned anyway? It might be…
Two Cancer Drugs Found to Boost Aging Immune Systems
Drugs that can lengthen life have long been a hallmark of speculative science fiction—many hope for an invention that…
Controversial Study Suggests There’s No Limit to Human Aging
The older we get, the greater our likelihood of dying. Or at least that’s what we thought. New research suggests…
Scientists Find Another Possible Explanation for Why Hair Goes Gray
Scientists think they’ve stumbled upon a newly discovered mechanism that could explain why some people’s hair turns…
Americans Are Aging More Slowly Than Ever
People age at different paces. If you went gray before all your friends, or found wrinkles creeping along your forehead…
Why Is My Face Changing Shape as I Get Older?
Two decades of healthy growth, followed by four to eight decades of slow-motion physical and mental collapse—that’s…
A Lifetime of Cycling Keeps the Immune System Young, Study Finds
Immortality may be a gift reserved only for the mole rats of the world. But staying highly active into your golden…
What Pre-Teen Brains Can Do That Adult Brains Can't
A popular theory about how the human brain works—one that’s inspired both neuroscience research and sketchy health fads…
A Surprising Number of Young Kids Think Birthday Parties Are the Cause of Aging
New research shows that many young children, prior to reaching the age of six or seven, mistakenly believe that…
Traces of Alzheimer’s Disease Detected in Wild Animals for the First Time
An international team of researchers has uncovered tell-tale signs of Alzheimer’s disease in dolphins, marking the…
Chemical Compound That Gives Poop Its Stink Extends Healthy Lifespan in Animals
Indole, an organic chemical compound that’s found in our gut and contributes to the smell of poop, increases the…
Signs of Alzheimer’s Detected in Brains of Chimps For First Time
Humans are the only animals known to develop Alzheimer’s disease, an age-related brain disorder that causes impaired…
Scientists Push Back Against Controversial Paper Claiming a Limit To Human Lifespans
Humans don’t like dying, they don’t like the idea of dying, and most have made not dying an important part of their…
Welcome to the Town That Is Trying to Cure Aging
For just about his entire life, Ron Smith has been a subject of a scientific inquiry. At birth, in 1972, he was studied…
The Last Person Born in the 19th Century Died and So Will You
Humans start getting ready to die as soon as they are born. But for some, that process takes a whole lot longer than it…
The Crazy Plan to Restore a Woman's Fertility—and Defy the Limits of Nature
Over the course of seven years, Sezenia Tzeni endured seven rounds of in vitro fertilization. Typically, women undergo o…
How Living Near the Starvation Point Can Extend Lifespan
Depriving ourselves of food to the point of near-starvation doesn’t sound very appealing, but it could prolong our…
Young Blood May Not Reverse Aging After All
Speculation has emerged in recent years that young blood can reverse the aging process, raising the prospect of an…