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Biology, interventions, demographics, and diseases related to aging and lifespan.

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's↗ theconversation.com · HN · 284 comments · 394 points · Aug 09, 2026
The shingles vaccine may reduce the risk of dementia↗ economist.com · HN · 215 comments · 277 points · Jul 12, 2026
It seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history↗ theatlantic.com · HN · 340 comments · 219 points · Jul 08, 2026
Why vampires live forever↗ machielreyneke.com · HN · 186 comments · 401 points · Feb 11, 2026
British drivers over 70 to face eye tests every three years↗ bbc.com · HN · 225 comments · 220 points · Feb 07, 2026
2025712 stories
Size of Life↗ neal.fun · HN · 277 comments · 2619 points · Dec 10, 2025
Grief gets an expiration date, just like us↗ bessstillman.substack.com · HN · 211 comments · 461 points · Sep 18, 2025
Repetitive negative thinking associated with cognitive decline in older adults↗ bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com · HN · 243 comments · 531 points · Sep 14, 2025
Denmark to raise retirement age to 70↗ telegraph.co.uk · HN · 1253 comments · 473 points · May 25, 2025
Age and cognitive skills: Use it or lose it↗ science.org · HN · 452 comments · 766 points · Mar 06, 2025
2024748 stories
Life, death, and retirement↗ randomascii.wordpress.com · HN · 166 comments · 320 points · Oct 01, 2024
The protein Reelin keeps popping up in brains that resist aging and Alzheimer’s↗ npr.org · HN · 159 comments · 286 points · Jul 29, 2024
Two nights of broken sleep can make people feel years older, finds study↗ theguardian.com · HN · 299 comments · 367 points · Mar 27, 2024
Cystic fibrosis breakthrough has given patients a chance to live longer↗ theatlantic.com · HN · 147 comments · 422 points · Mar 07, 2024
Why time seems to pass faster as we age↗ invertedpassion.com · HN · 256 comments · 419 points · Feb 27, 2024
2023747 stories
Ratio of protein and carbs to maximise lifespan is shared among related insects↗ onlinelibrary.wiley.com · HN · 2 comments · 33 points · Dec 23, 2023
Why does sleep becomes more elusive as we age? Shifts in "sleep architecture"↗ salon.com · HN · 6 comments · 32 points · Dec 03, 2023
Older mouse brains rejuvenated by protein found in young blood↗ nature.com · HN · 28 comments · 37 points · Aug 17, 2023
Chemically induced reprogramming to reverse cellular aging↗ aging-us.com · HN · 5 comments · 29 points · Jul 12, 2023
Life expectancy in the U.S. varies greatly by region↗ twitter.com · HN · 14 comments · 44 points · Apr 03, 2023
2022602 stories
What if we talked about over-60s’ screen time as we talk about young people’s?↗ webdevlaw.uk · HN · 438 comments · 418 points · Nov 23, 2022
Aging programmer↗ world.hey.com · HN · 367 comments · 596 points · Sep 24, 2022
Blue Zones, where people reach age 100 at 10 times greater rates↗ ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · HN · 410 comments · 693 points · Jul 18, 2022
Mental speed is high until age sixty↗ nature.com · HN · 283 comments · 466 points · Apr 18, 2022
Turning back the clock: Human skin cells de-aged by 30 years in trial↗ news.sky.com · HN · 174 comments · 414 points · Apr 08, 2022
2021490 stories
Japanese scientists develop vaccine to eliminate cells behind aging↗ japantimes.co.jp · HN · 357 comments · 484 points · Dec 12, 2021
Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89↗ brown.edu · HN · 315 comments · 811 points · Nov 02, 2021
Life Improvements Since the 1990s↗ gwern.net · HN · 462 comments · 424 points · Aug 12, 2021
Association of sleep duration in middle and old age with incidence of dementia↗ cnn.com · HN · 169 comments · 301 points · Apr 21, 2021
Inflammation, but Not Telomere Length, Predicts Ageing at Extreme Old Age↗ pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov · HN · 148 comments · 312 points · Apr 16, 2021
2020536 stories
Who Americans spend their time with, by age↗ ourworldindata.org · HN · 419 comments · 642 points · Dec 11, 2020
At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here's what I want to pass on↗ theguardian.com · HN · 262 comments · 484 points · Sep 07, 2020
Average adult will spend 34 years of their life staring at screens↗ studyfinds.org · HN · 296 comments · 415 points · May 20, 2020
Age Reduction Breakthrough?↗ joshmitteldorf.scienceblog.com · HN · 405 comments · 364 points · May 11, 2020
People kept working, became healthier while on basic income: report↗ cbc.ca · HN · 782 comments · 822 points · Mar 05, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older↗ bbc.com · HN · 282 comments · 217 points · Sep 17, 2026
Aging may be a program, not a breakdown↗ quantamagazine.org · HN · 88 comments · 82 points · Sep 22, 2026
Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's↗ theconversation.com · HN · 284 comments · 394 points · Aug 09, 2026
Trial is 40 days. Not until you're 40↗ twitter.com · HN · 11 comments · 48 points · Aug 25, 2026
Increasing the lifespan of a bulb makes it worse in every other way↗ maurycyz.com · HN · 193 comments · 190 points · Jul 31, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

More than 100k people in Japan are now aged 100 or older↗ bbc.com · HN · 282 comments · 217 points · Sep 17, 2026
Aging may be a program, not a breakdown↗ quantamagazine.org · HN · 88 comments · 82 points · Sep 22, 2026
Negative people make you age faster↗ pnas.org · HN · 2 comments · 10 points · Sep 04, 2026
GLP-1 Drugs for Aging?↗ science.org · HN · 0 comments · 10 points · Sep 03, 2026
How Fast You Walk May Determine How Long You Live↗ nautil.us · HN · 2 comments · 8 points · Sep 09, 2026
Early Data Indicates an A.I.-Generated Drug Could Slow Aging↗ nytimes.com · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 07, 2026
What may happen in the next hundred years?(1900)↗ earlyradiohistory.us · HN · 1 comments · 6 points · Sep 08, 2026
Alzheimer's Is No Longer an Untreatable Disease↗ sciencealert.com · HN · 0 comments · 5 points · Sep 22, 2026
How we're (actually) all going to die↗ siliconpalace.substack.com · HN · 6 comments · 5 points · Sep 21, 2026
Number of centenarians in Japan tops 100k for first time↗ asia.nikkei.com · HN · 0 comments · 5 points · Sep 15, 2026

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