The Surprising Upsides of Aging

The number of Americans living to at least 100 is expected to quadruple over the next 30 years, to about 422,000 by the mid-2050’s, according to ...

Real-Time Map of Births and Deaths Gives Perspective

Need some perspective on the brevity of life? Here's a God's-eye view of the earth: Check out this real-time map of births and deaths around the ...

Walt Disney Had an Obsessive Fear of Death

In the year 1909, seven-year-old Walt Disney was playing by himself in the backyard of his family's farmhouse. He decided to sneak up on a big brown ...

Expert Says Few Will Live to 100

The longevity business is booming. People are flocking to longevity meetings and taking compounds they hope will extend their lives. Investors are backing ...

‘Father, Don’t Let Me Fall’

Trinity Evangelical Divinty School professor Kevin Vanhoozer writes about caring for his aging mother in an issue of CT magazine:

For nine years now, I ...

The Quest to Get Rid of Gray Hair

Humans have been trying to chase away gray hair for millennia. Clay tablets from the Assyrian Empire dated to the 7th Century B.C. mention using the gall ...

Schwarzenegger's Death Blame Game

In an interview with Danny Devito, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger despairs at the reality of death and wonders who’s to blame. When someone asked him ...

Americans Desperate to Avoid Gray Hair

One-third of U.S. adults said they would probably or definitely take a drug to prevent or reverse graying if such a medication were approved, according ...

Best Solution for Dark Circles Under Eyes

An article in The New York Times explored the following scenario. Perhaps this routine sounds familiar: You wake up, look in the mirror and scrutinize ...

People Who Keep Working Well into Their 80’s

The first thing to know about people who shun retirement to work past age 80 is that they are probably busier, and possibly cooler, than you.

One said ...