Genes and chance are a big part of living to 100, but lifestyle factors can play a role.freemixer/Getty Images There's a lot that a healthy lifestyle can do for your longevity. But in old age, a big ...

Four major turning points around ages nine, 32, 66 and 83 create five broad eras of neural wiring over the average human ...

According to Nature.com, scientists identified four major topological turning points across a lifespan: around 9 years old, ...

A new study finds the human brain moves through five major developmental eras, marked by key turning points from childhood to ...

If humans living for 1,000 years seems like a complete stretch, aging expert João Pedro de Magalhães will do you one better: how about humans living for 20,000 years? The professor of molecular ...

The maximum lifespan of any human is around 100 years. Very few people live that long. The average human lifespan is believed ...

Studying brain scans from nearly 4,000 people across the whole spectrum of human life, from newborns to 90-year-olds, a team ...

Our ability to extend human lifespans is improving dramatically, but whether there is any natural limit to how far we can push is an outstanding question. New research contradicts claims that we're ...

Groundbreaking research reveals that animal factory farming is not only harming animals but also reducing the average human ...

A scientist says that the human lifespan could be so short due to the dinosaurs. While that might sound a bit wild, especially since modern humans didn't live at the time that dinosaurs did, it all ...

What if tweaking your diet could add years—or even decades—to your life? According to research published in Cell Metabolism, adjusting one specific nutrient intake could be a key to longer, healthier ...

There's a lot that a healthy lifestyle can do for your longevity. But in old age, a big part of the equation comes down to genetics. A new study suggests only a small percentage of adults will live to ...