Extreme heat may be silently accelerating biological aging in older adults, adding months to cells before disease appears.

Scientists discover how aging alters the function of cells, called mesenchymal drift, and manage to reverse this process.

Aging has traditionally been viewed as a gradual and continuous process shaped by time, genetics, and environment. However, ...

A recent study has revealed surprising new details about the human aging process, showing that the breakdown of our bodies happens not gradually, but at two very specific points: ages 44 and 60. This ...

The passage of time may be linear, but the course of human aging is not. Rather than a gradual transition, your life staggers and lurches through the rapid growth of childhood and the plateau of early ...

The passage of time may be linear, but the course of human aging is not. Rather than a gradual transition, your life staggers and lurches through the rapid growth of childhood, the plateau of early ...

American entrepreneur Elon Musk expressed confidence that the human aging process will cease to be a problem after the discovery of its fundamental causes. The businessman announced this on January 22 ...

Life runs on information. In living systems, that information takes two main forms: the genome and the epigenome. The genome stays mostly stable. The epigenome, however, constantly shifts, shaped by ...

Aging is the one of the biggest risk factors for a variety of diseases, including cancer and cognitive decline. At Feinberg School of Medicine’s Potocsnak Longevity Institute, doctors are searching ...

Past studies show that human aging doesn’t necessarily happen at the same pace throughout our life. There is still much to discover about the aging process, especially when it comes to how it impacts ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an MIT Senior Fellow & Lecturer, 5x-founder & VC investing in AI The thing about aging is that it affects everybody. Since ...