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Secrets of human life expectancy
Medicine - Health

Secrets of human life expectancy

Humans and primates live long because of the ability to burn less calories each day than other mammals.

December 14, 2018
10 diseases once terrified humans
Medicine - Health

10 diseases once terrified humans

The European population was halved by the plague, while the Spanish flu killed about 20 to 100 million people around the world earlier in the century.

December 14, 2018
The prospect of extending human life by 16 years
Medicine - Health

The prospect of extending human life by 16 years

By acting on a gene, scientists can increase the average mouse life to an additional 20%. If this method is applied, the average life expectancy of humans can increase b…

December 14, 2018
Use worms to decode the
Medicine - Health

Use worms to decode the

Russian scientists have demonstrated that nitric oxide (chemical symbol NO) works to increase life expectancy in humans.

December 14, 2018
Small mutations form modern humans
Medicine - Health

Small mutations form modern humans

A small genetic mutation 30,000 years ago spread rapidly in central China, and can help residents of this country resist the terrible heat and humidity.

December 14, 2018
Discover a new type of fat in humans
Medicine - Health

Discover a new type of fat in humans

Dana-Farber Institute of Medicine scientists (USA) have found that in brown body fat brown and white fat also has another type of light pinkish brown (often called beige…

December 14, 2018