A groundbreaking Nature Aging study reveals most human molecules show accelerated changes at ages 44 and 60, with increased ...

This article originally appeared in the Fall 2025 issue of Johns Hopkins Engineering Magazine. In a cozy apartment, an older woman sits in an armchair, raptly attuned to a scene unfolding on her ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: With incredible changes in our species’ lifespan over the past century, some aging experts have pondered whether the biology of aging—or ...

Past studies show that human aging doesn’t necessarily happen at the same pace throughout our life. There is still much to discover about the aging process, especially when it comes to how it impacts ...

Researchers from University of California San Diego Sanford Stem Cell Institute have discovered that spaceflight accelerates the aging of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs), which ...

When the four-member crew of Axiom-2 launched into space in May 2023, their 10-day mission was chock full of experiments ...

This series was created for Google, the Buck Institute, Optispan and Phenome Health by Scientific American Custom Media, a division separate from the magazine’s board of editors. For most people, ...