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What Is Biological Age?
Biological age is a research concept that uses measurable features of the body to estimate how aging-related biological changes compare with what is typical for a person…
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What Is Cellular Senescence?
Cellular senescence is a durable state in which a cell stops dividing in response to stress or damage while remaining metabolically active and often changing the signals…
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What Is Healthspan?
Healthspan describes the period of life spent in good health and with meaningful function, a concept that is related to but different from lifespan.
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The world's dirtiest man died a few months after taking a shower.
Amou Haji passed away at the age of 94, just months after taking his first bath in decades.
Space science
How is the age of the universe calculated?
The universe is about 13.8 billion years old, but how do we know that?
Health
Look at your eyes to guess how many years you will live
A study of nearly 47,000 adults found that the retina holds important clues about your body clock.
Animal world
After humans, which animals quietly entered the Stone Age?
Not only humans, the latest discoveries show that the number of animals that know how to create stone tools and are in the Stone Age is greater than we thought.
Archeology
Girl unexpectedly picks up 3,700-year-old knife while playing at school
The find is a rare oddity, as the knife was found alone, without any accompanying objects, and was made of a stone not native to Norway.
Photo library
Photos show how flying has changed over the past 100 years, especially the 'golden age'
The photos below show how dramatically the commercial aviation industry has changed over the past century.
Flu epidemic
Schizophrenia is the second highest risk factor for death from Covid-19 after age
Schizophrenia may be one of the strongest risk factors for death from COVID-19, second only to age, according to a new study published in the journal JAMA Psychiatry.
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Top 8 random facts about everything around us, seem familiar but 90% of people don't know
No matter what age you are, this world never ceases to amaze you with interesting facts.
Archeology
Scientists rescue half-ton 'evidence of human civilization' at the southern tip of the Black Continent
Evidence of human civilization with an age of tens of thousands of years has been found.
Archeology
Digging a sewer and discovering a 'treasure', 6 months later he changed his life to become a tycoon
A stroke of luck brought the old farmer an amount of money that he probably wouldn't have earned in his entire life.
Archeology
What if saber-toothed tigers still existed today?
The saber-toothed tiger is one of the most well-known Ice Age animals, yet modern science still doesn't really understand this massive predator.
Space science
The Sun goes into hibernation, will the Earth usher in a new ice age?
By observing changes in the number of sunspots, scientists have discovered that solar activity shows periodic changes.