Stephanie Dutchen / Harvard Medical SchoolJan 19, 2023
A study 13 years in the making demonstrates that degradation in the way DNA is organized and regulated can drive aging in an organism. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Eoin Higgins / Common DreamsOct 27, 2019
The Vermont senator has been the target of focused attacks following a minor heart attack, although he now appears to be in good health. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Ilana Novick / TruthdigSep 9, 2019
The connection between Americans’ lifespans and how much money they have is “a failure of social policy.” Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Ilana NovickJan 10, 2019
Age is a better predictor than gender, income, race or party affiliation in the sharing of false news stories on Facebook. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 29, 2015
Violent Jewish extremism in Israel, like Islamic State, needs to be confronted and destroyed; corporate crimes abounded in 2015; meanwhile, a neuroscientist has come up with theories about why daily rhythms change as one ages. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 21, 2015
The charity Alzheimer’s Research UK is warning of a national health crisis, predicting that one in three people born in the country this year will develop dementia. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJul 8, 2015
In a study of nearly a thousand 38-year-olds, scientists confirmed that people age biologically at wildly different rates. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
E.J. Dionne Jr. / TruthdigDec 6, 2014
The events in Ferguson, Mo., have actually led to that national conversation on race we regularly recommend to ourselves. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigNov 15, 2014
Ever long to absorb information with the facility that children display while learning? A new "smart pill" may help adults do just that. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatchJul 21, 2014
The famed fog of war is nothing compared to the fog of the future or, as I’ve often said, I’d be regularly riding my jetpack in traffic through the spired city of New York, as I was promised in my childhood. Our urge to predict the future is unsurpassed. Our ability to see it as it will be: next to nil. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 30, 2014
Once something's out on the Web, it's hard to retract, even if it's factually incorrect; old age may not begin when we traditionally thought it did; meanwhile, Richard Martinez, the father of one of the Isla Vista shooting victims, hits the nail on the head when it comes to the politics behind many mass murders. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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