The headline figure of lifespan being around “50% heritable” risks being misunderstood as meaning genes determine half of a ...

How big of a role do our genes play in our lifespan? Quite a bit more than previously thought, a new study suggests.

During the military parade celebrations in Beijing on September 3, 2025, China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s president Vladimir Putin were overheard talking about the prospects of organ ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Researchers are now suggesting that male and female lifespans continue to increase linearly, and have not ...

Although some genes linked to life span have been identified, external environmental forces, such as disease or living ...

What determines how long we live—and to what extent is our lifespan shaped by our genes? Surprisingly, for decades, scientists believed that the heritability of human lifespan was relatively low ...

OpenAI, a leader in artificial intelligence research and deployment, has announced an innovative partnership with a forward-thinking longevity startup. The collaboration promises to marry cutting-edge ...

Researchers are now suggesting that male and female lifespans continue to increase linearly, and have not yet hit a hard limit. Previous studies argued that human life expectancy is increasing by less ...