This series was created for Google, the Buck Institute, Optispan and Phenome Health by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. For most people, ...

For decades, the concept of aging has been perceived as a slow, continuous decline, a gradual process where the passage of time wears us down. However, recent research is challenging this long-held ...

Scientists have long tried to unlock the secrets to helping people live longer at the cellular level, where aging occurs because of the gradual shortening of protective caps called telomeres at the ...

"Aging is inevitable as death and taxes but the rate we change varies a lot between individuals," Dr. Kuchel said.

Multidimensional nature of aging: phenotypic changes across levels of biological complexity. The figure illustrates time-dependent phenotypic change across molecular, cellular, tissue, and organismal ...

Deep within the intricate world of cellular biology, scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine have made a remarkable discovery about aging that could transform our understanding of human longevity. Their ...

I’d been working with my Taylor acoustic guitar on a take of Jim Croce’s 1972 tune "Operator" and feeling pretty good about myself. But it was time to walk the brown dog, so the instrument went back ...

Having strong bonds with others may help you live longer. A new study, published in the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity – Health, found that social relationships can actually slow cellular aging.

Hair loss and graying, the earliest visible hallmarks of skin aging, result from the functional decline of hair follicle stem ...

Animal studies say rapamycin can slow aging – but does it work in humans? A new review finds the evidence for the off-label, low-dose use of the drug in healthy adults is thin, inconsistent, and far ...

Psilocybin, the hallucinogen in some mushroom species, has now been shown to increase the lifespan of both cells and mice. The magic happens because psilocybin slows down the senescence, or ...