Aging

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Older, wrinkled hand reaching out to child's hand

Skin wrinkles because it stretches like Silly Putty

A digitally edited image of an older woman with white hair and wrinkles holding up a photo of her younger self, showing smoother skin and youthful features. The contrast highlights aging differences between the two faces.

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Can you hack aging with NAD supplements?

By Clarissa Brincat

bald man silouhetted on text

100 years ago, scientists predicted we’d live to 1,000 years old

By Bill Gourgey

two pink flamingoes. both are standing on one leg

How long can you stand on one leg? What it says about your health.

By Laura Baisas

An old female rhesus macaque eats alone on the island of Cayo Santiago. As female macaques age, the size of their social network shrinks.

It’s not just us: Other animals change their social habits in old age

By Tim Vernimmen / Knowable Magazine

There is new help for dealing with aggression in people with dementia

By Judith Graham / KFF Health News