9 Best Articles in 2021
MIT Technology Review
What if aging weren’t inevitable, but a curable disease?
MIT Technology Review
~13 min read · From 2019 · If this controversial idea gains acceptance, it could radically change the way we treat getting old.
The New York Times
The Best Exercise for Aging Muscles
The New York Times
~12 min read · From 2017 · Certain kinds of exercise may mitigate the effects of aging at the cellular level.
Science Magazine
What can ants, bees, and other social insects teach us about aging?
Science Magazine
10 min read · Mar 26th · A growing cadre of scientists is studying insects with extraordinary lifespans and ‘reversible’ aging patterns
MIT Technology Review
A cell-killing strategy to slow aging passed its first test this year
MIT Technology Review
3 min read · From 2019 · Are tired-out cells what make people old? A new generation of drugs is designed to wipe them out.
Quanta Magazine
Brain’s ‘Background Noise’ May Hold Clues to Persistent Mysteries
Quanta Magazine
4 min read · Feb 8th · By digging out signals hidden within the brain's electrical chatter, scientists are getting new insights into sleep, aging and more.
New Scientist
We may finally know what causes Alzheimer’s
New Scientist
4 min read · From 2019 · Evidence is growing that a bacterium involved in gum disease causes Alzheimer's, raising hopes that a vaccine could one day prevent the disease
Mindful
Loving-Kindness Meditation May Protect Your Genes and Slow Aging
Mindful
2 min read · From 2019 · A new study explores how various forms of meditation affect our health at the genetic levels.
TIME
Here’s Why You May Be Aging Faster Than Your Friends
TIME
From 2015 · Researchers zero in on more than a dozen factors that can predict how fast you’re aging — and have some ideas about what makes people age more slowly
medicalxpress.com
Study suggests daily meditation slows brain aging
medicalxpress.com
2 min read · 2020-03-23 · A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard Medical School has found evidence that suggests meditating daily may slow brain aging. In their paper published in the…
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Quanta Magazine
To Learn More Quickly, Brain Cells Break Their DNA
Quanta Magazine
5 min read · Aug 30th · New work shows that neurons and other brain cells use DNA double-strand breaks, often associated with cancer, neurodegeneration and aging, to quickly express genes related to learning and memory.
Psychology Today
Does Your Personality Have the Power to Keep You Going?
Psychology Today
6 min read · Sep 14th · New personality research shows what it takes to age successfully.
The New York Times
‘America’s Oldest Park Ranger’ Is Only Her Latest Chapter
The New York Times
9 min read · Sep 21st · Betty Reid Soskin has fought to ensure that American history includes the stories that get overlooked. As she turns 100, few stories have been more remarkable than hers.
The New York Times
The New Science on How We Burn Calories
The New York Times
6 min read · Sep 15th · How could that change our understanding about, for starters, chronic disease, aging and obesity?
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The New Yorker
Why We Can’t Tell the Truth About Aging
The New Yorker
~14 min read · 2019-10-28 · A long life is a gift. But will we really be grateful for it?
The New York Times
The Secrets of ‘Cognitive Super-Agers’
The New York Times
5 min read · Jun 21st · By studying centenarians, researchers hope to develop strategies to ward off Alzheimer’s disease and slow brain aging for all of us.
Quanta Magazine
To Learn More Quickly, Brain Cells Break Their DNA
Quanta Magazine
5 min read · Aug 30th · New work shows that neurons and other brain cells use DNA double-strand breaks, often associated with cancer, neurodegeneration and aging, to quickly express genes related to learning and memory.
Nautilus Magazine
Why Aging Isn’t Inevitable
Nautilus Magazine
~14 min read · From 2019 · Humans age gradually, but some animals do all their aging in a rush at the end of life, while others don’t age at all, and a few…
Nautilus Magazine
Why You Can’t Help But Act Your Age
Nautilus Magazine
~12 min read · From 2017 · In 1979, psychologist Ellen Langer and her students carefully refurbished an old monastery in Peterborough, New Hampshire, to resemble a place that would have existed two decades earlier. They…
Nautilus Magazine
The Wisdom of the Aging Brain
Nautilus Magazine
~11 min read · From 2019 · At the 2010 Cannes Film Festival premiere of You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger, director Woody Allen was asked about aging. He replied…
Singularity Hub
Amazingly Detailed Map Reveals How the Brain Changes With Aging
Singularity Hub
5 min read · 2020-06-16 · The team constructed maps of roughly 5 billion synapses, outlining a timeline of their diversity and numbers in over 100 different brain regions with age.
the-scientist.com
Wanted: Healthy Brains
the-scientist.com
4 min read · 2020-02-25 · Brain banks have struggled to convince unaffected individuals to donate, hampering studies on “cognitively normal” neurodevelopment and aging.
The New York Times
How Exercise Enhances Aging Brains
The New York Times
4 min read · Mar 3rd · Sedentary, older adults who took aerobic dance classes twice a week showed improvements in brain areas critical for memory and thinking.
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