Fight Aging! (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
Aging researchers are looking into ant biochemistry for much the same reasons as they look into bee biochemistry: these insects produce individuals with vastly different life spans. By comparing long-lived and short-lived specialized members of the same species, researchers may gain greater insight into the biochemical mechanisms of aging: What can ants, not typically known for long life, tell us about...
Zen Finance Advice (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Individual’s birth date is the basic factor for Social Security Retirement Age. Studies have revealed a fact that these days are more health conscious and thus life spans have increased. And as a counter reaction Social Security Retirement Age has been modified accordingly. It is very comfortable that people are able to enjoy the benefits [...]
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/13/2008
"Sashenka," the new novel by Russian historian Simon Sebag Montefiore, tells a riveting story of a woman whose life spans Russia's three 20th-century incarnations — tsarism, communism and the crony capitalism of the 1990s.
My Green Meadows (Free subscription) | 10/31/2008
Atlantic Ocean “Climate change will favor species with wide thermal windows, short life spans, and a large gene pool amongst its population,” the journal Science said of the findings. Big fish such as cod, which have narrow thermal windows, were moving north in the Atlantic, for instance, partly because the food chain was disrupted by a shift [...]
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 10/26/2008
Many animals live longer when raised on low calorie diets. But now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that they can extend the life spans of roundworms even when the worms are well fed - it just takes a chemical that blocks their sense of smell. Three years ago, the researchers, led by Kerry Kornfeld, M.D., Ph.D.
Physorg (Free subscription) | 10/24/2008
Many animals live longer when raised on low calorie diets. But now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that they can extend the life spans of roundworms even when the worms are well fed it just takes a chemical that blocks their sense of smell.
Newswise (Free subscription) | 10/23/2008
Many animals live longer when raised on low calorie diets. But now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have shown that they can extend the life spans of roundworms even when the worms are well fed -- it just takes a chemical that blocks their sense of smell.
3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 10/17/2008
Catherine Clabby in American Scientist: By examining death rates county-by-county, public health researchers found that life spans, especially among women, fell in some United States counties. The numbers were small but such a reversal of fortune was, well, shocking. "We...
Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
After tracking more than 2,300 people for more than 50 years, researchers at the National Institute on Aging found that calm and active people lived longer than their counterparts. The findings looked at the link between personality traits of people and their life spans.
Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
P ower Plant Live's bars and clubs seem to have fairly short life spans.
The Street (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
Senior Technology Correspondent Gary Krakow digs into why BlackBerrys have such short life spans and discovers he's not alone in frustration.
AterSlash (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
This study does NOT specifically address or study AMD or NVidia’s Chips.It does not specifically address or test the exact chemical makeup of chips belonging to AMD or NVidia.The conclusions being drawn as to the relative life spans of those manufacturer’s chips appear to strictly belong to the bloggers who want a big headline, and not to the authors of the study. The study authors specifically note...
Directors Notes (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Many artists have the all too unfortunate experience of working away in obscurity for their entire creative life spans, so when the first two projects you put out are warmly received, with one of them selected as the winner for Thunderheist’s ‘make us a promo’ competition, chances are you’re doing several things right. Noel Paul [...]
talkturkey (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
The New York Times reports that the Mediterranean diet, associated with longer life spans and lower rates of heart disease and cancer, is in retreat in its home region. Today it is more likely to be found in the upscale restaurants of London and New York than among the young generation in places like Greece, where two-thirds of children are...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
The Mediterranean diet, which has been associated with longer life spans and lower rates of heart disease and cancer, is in retreat in its home region.
