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A third of people aged over 70 are sexually active, survey reveals

25 April 2022

Researchers asked 511 people aged 70 or over who lived in Belgium how sexually active they had been in the past year

Damping down brain cell activity may help us to live longer

16 October 2019

Centenarians and other long-lived humans have higher levels of a protein in their brain that seems to reduce neural activity. The discovery could pave the way for longevity drugs

Older people use more energy - and it's not just because of wealth

21 May 2019

The average age is rising around the world - a demographic shift that could pose a significant challenge to efforts to rein in emissions and climate change

Anti-ageing has often been seen as quack science. Not any more

24 April 2019

Ideas of living to 150 are dead and buried – but new anti-ageing drugs promise we can live healthier for longer. We should welcome them

Only one in five UK adults would choose to live forever if they could

17 September 2018

New Scientist Asks the Public has revealed that only 21 per cent of people would be keen to become immortal, should it ever become scientifically possible

Drugs that help our cells tidy up might extend lifespan

30 May 2018

Ramping up the body’s ability to remove damaged cells has been found to stave off organ damage and cancer in mice – could a drug get the same effect in humans?

Calorie restriction may extend lifespan by changing your sleep

22 March 2018

Cutting the calories you eat by 15 per cent may make you live longer – and it could be because it makes your body shut down more deeply during sleep

Amish gene can make them live 10 years longer and avoid diabetes

15 November 2017

A gene variant that arose six generations ago in an Amish group seems to make people carrying the gene live ten years longer, and protect them from diabetes