Monthly Archives: October 2016

Evolution and the limits of lifespans

Why does a human live longer than a mouse? And why does the bowhead whale live longer than a human? And, as recently discovered1, why can the Greenland shark live around 400 years, beating the bowhead whale? The answer, as … Continue reading

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Why we should develop medicines that target aging itself

The answer is pretty simple, and I’ll try to outline it in just a few steps. 1) If we go to the CDC website (centers for disease control and prevention) and download death counts for the top 15 causes of death, … Continue reading

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