Longevity
Longevity may refer to especially long-lived members of a population, whereas life expectancy is defined statistically as the average number of years remaining at a given age. For example, a population's life expectancy at birth is the same as the average age at death for all people born in the same year (in the case of cohorts).Longevity studies may involve putative methods to extend life. Longevity has been a topic not only for the scientific community but also for writers of travel, science fiction, and utopian novels. The legendary fountain of youth appeared in the work of the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus.There are difficulties in authenticating the longest human life span, owing to inaccurate or incomplete birth statistics. Fiction, legend, and folklore have proposed or claimed life spans in the past or future vastly longer than those verified by modern standards, and longevity narratives and unverified longevity claims frequently speak of their existence in the present.A life annuity is a form of longevity insurance.
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The Covid pandemic may have impacted brain health in people in the UK aged 50 and over, according to a new study. More than 3,000 volunteers completed yearly questionnaires and online cognitive tests to measure changes in memory, and other faculties, as the pandemic unfolded.
Japan: One in 10 people aged 80 or older for first time
For the first time ever, more than one in 10 people in Japan are now aged 80 years or older. Official data released to mark Japan's annual Respect for Aged Day holiday also shows the proportion of Japanese over 65 at a record of 29.1% this year.
Should we be worried about older politicians?
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Mutations across species reveal clues to ageing
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Can exercise reverse the ageing process?
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Meet this year's oldest London Marathon runner
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Dutchman, 69, brings lawsuit to lower his age 20 years
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Muscle loss in old age linked to fewer nerve signals
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Why aren't we living longer?
For the best part of two centuries people's life expectancy has been improving at a pretty rapid and consistent rate. In the 1840s people did not live much past 40 on average.
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Blue zone
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In search of the Old Ones: Where to find the world's longest-lived trees
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Why is there taurine in energy drinks?
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World's oldest person, French nun Sister Andre, dies aged 118
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Nigeria's royal tortoise said to have lived to the age of 344 in Oyo state
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The barber who's been cutting hair for 96 years
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Okinawa: The island of almost-eternal youth
On Japan’s Okinawa Island, nicknamed the “island of longevity”, locals refuse to die.
Secrets of '1,000-year-old trees' unlocked
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TEDx Brussels 2010 - Frank Tipler - The Ultimate Future
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