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Early trauma can shorten a red squirrel’s lifespan

Red squirrels living in Canada’s Yukon territory can have a pretty hard knock life. Bitterly cold winters, resource scarcity, intense…

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Scientists identify how dietary restriction slows brain aging and increases lifespan

Restricting calories is known to improve health and increase lifespan, but much of how it does so remains a mystery,…

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Genetic mutations that promote reproduction tend to shorten human lifespan, study shows

A University of Michigan-led study based on a review of genetic and health information from more than 276,000 people finds…

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A new way to estimate our maximum lifespan could help us extend it

The maximum age of humans, and other mammalian species, could be predicted from tissue samples Luke MacGregor/Alamy We might have…

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