Many people are fascinated with predictions of their longevity. And since scientists are always peeking under the hood to see how things tick, it’s natural for them to gravitate to the subject of aging as well. Recently, a team of scientists at the Salk Institute, on their way to discover… Read More »Predictions about your longevity—do you really want to know?
Whenever I want to refresh my thinking on the subject of life expectancy and longevity, I hop online to visit notable psychologist Laura Carstensen, at the Stanford Center on Longevity. She’s the founding director, and spends her days studying older people, and coming up with ways to improve their lives.… Read More »A Shift in Life Expectancy and the Radical Idea of Retiring at 80
You might think that you have heard everything there is to know about how long humans can live, but even in this overworked corner of human research, there is always something new. Over the last few decades. we have watched in awe as longevity statistics have exploded. For people in… Read More »How Long Can Humans Live? Seven Theories and a Quiz
Defeating Ageism – Are Boomers Taking All the Credit? I’m within spitting distance of being a Boomer, but I’m not proud of what some Boomers have been saying about the gains being made in addressing & defeating ageism. A lot has been happening around this thorny issue. Two or three… Read More »Defeating Ageism – Are Boomers Taking All the Credit?
Long life is our greatest achievement. We, the Lucky Few, have lived longer than all previous generations. In “Redesigning Long Life“, the Stanford Center on Longevity reports, Over the next 30 years, the US population age 65+ will double from 40 million to 80 million, and the share of old… Read More »The Longevity Explosion
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