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Why do wrinkles form?Wrinkles are caused by a loss of structural components in the skin, but what drives this process?
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Do ears and noses get bigger with age?Ears and noses do increase in size as we get older, but it's due to how aging affects our tissues, rather than the growth of new tissue.
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Sped-up 'biological aging' linked to worse memoryA new study suggests that a person's epigenetic "clock" may be a better predictor of how much their memory function has declined over time than their actual age.
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Scientists find 10 'markers' in blood that predict people's chances of reaching 100A recent study pinpoints measurable differences in the blood of people who survived to age 100 and those who died younger.
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Why does hair turn gray?Hair grays because pigment-producing cells get stuck within the hair follicle, research suggests.
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'Biological aging' speeds up in times of great stress, but it can be reversed during recoveryStressful medical experiences, such as undergoing major surgery or giving birth, can accelerate age-related changes in cells that then disappear during recovery.
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Mysterious 'cryptic' molecules made by zombie cells may drive aging, scientists sayAging cells undergo a mysterious process called "cryptic transcription," and scientists now think they know why.
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Extreme longevity: The secret to living longer may be hiding with nuns... and jellyfishSome people live to be well beyond 100. But what genes and environmental factors contribute to such extreme longevity, and what can we learn from other long-lived animals?
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We're nowhere near reaching the maximum human life span, controversial study suggestsHuman longevity records may be broken in the next few decades, a new modeling study suggests.
