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In a recent study, researchers found that naked mole rats appear to defy the traditional laws of aging.
Health
Looking for the fountain of youth? Try looking in the tunnels inhabited by naked mole rats
Japanese Yasutaro Koide, 112, receives the Guinness World Records certificate as he is formally recognized as the world's oldest man. He lives in a nursing home in Nagoya, in central Japan.
Health
Japan is home to the world’s oldest population — and the world’s oldest man
Arts, Culture & Media
The strange science of immortality
Health & Medicine
Want to live a long, healthy life? How old is your grandfather?
Health & Medicine
Life Expectancy: The Grandfather Effect
Health & Medicine
American Life Expectancy Varies Widely by County
Surprising Tips for Living Longer
Emerging Science Note/Long Life
Emerging Science Note/Long Life
Health Update
Longevity Has Its Place
Arts, Culture & Media
Approaching the American age of centenarians
Environment
Live Long and Starve
Arts, Culture & Media
Super-centenarians
Business, Economics and Jobs
‘Never Say Die’: A Motto Americans Live By?