All over the world people are ageing more rapidly and succumbing to diseases that typically affected the elderly. But there ...

Researchers discovered that bowhead whales achieve extraordinary longevity and cancer resistance through highly efficient and ...

King’s College London researchers discovered that parts of our DNA once thought to be “junk” can actually help destroy cancer ...

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ten times longer than relatives of a similar size. But what is the secret ...

They are weird, bald, subterranean rodents that look like sausages with teeth, and they have just revealed a genetic secret to long life. A new study of the bizarre naked mole rat shows that the ...

You can always be judged by your scars. This is the idea that sums up one of the new breakthroughs in basic and biomedical research published today in the journal Science, an achievement of the ...

One of nature’s strangest animals may hold the secret to living a long life, scientists have revealed. The naked mole rat may not be known for its good looks, but the bald rodent has long been ...

Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page founded the biotech corporations Calico in 2013. The goal is to uncover the secrets of aging and dramatically extend human life. Not by 10 or 20 years, ...

Plant a seed and, if the conditions are right, the seed grows. The process seems simple enough at first glance and is something many of us may feel like we learned in elementary school.

The Find is a beauty dispatch revealing the names, brands and treatments circulating quietly among industry insiders. In this first edition, we speak to the New York dermatologist transforming the ...