Why do we age? And how can we slow down the clock?This year, we inched closer to answers. Longevity research continued decoding the core...

Introduction Just as people in different places seem to operate at different rhythms, so too do different species. They age at their own rates: Some,...

Tumours can be destroyed in many ways. Radiotherapy uses beams of ionizing radiation to damage DNA and destroy tumour cells. A...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a severe incurable disorder in which motoneurons – nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord...

While human aging is the result of many interconnected processes, one of the most fundamental is the natural deterioration of individual cells. Now researchers...

Our bodies’ molecular machinery breaks down with age.DNA accumulate mutations. Their protective ends erode away. Mitochondria, the cell’s energy factory, falter and break down....

IntroductionAn oak tree. The symbiotic fungus intertwined with its roots. A cardinal chirping from one of its branches. Our best clue yet to their...

Death comes for us all. Aging, maybe not.It sounds preposterous, but plenty of animals—from the lowly jellyfish to naked mole rats and giant tortoises—show...

With a massive beak, googly eyes, rotund body, and disproportionately small feathered tail, the dodo is iconic for all the wrong reasons. The flightless...

From painkillers to antihistamines to caffeine and beyond, we’ve found many ways to get our bodies to tolerate uncomfortable circumstances, for better and for...

IntroductionNature, red in tooth and claw, is rife with organisms that eat their neighbors to get ahead. But in the systems studied by the...

IntroductionIt’s often subtle at first. A lost phone. A forgotten word. A missed appointment. By the time a person walks into a doctor’s office,...