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The MIT biologist says peer-review journals can be tainted by conflicts of interest.
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The MIT biologist admires Galileo for inventing the scientific method.
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There are a variety of common, everyday habits and lifestyle tendencies that are scientifically proven to reduce lifespan-an MIT professor explains.
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By studying how yeast ages, MIT’s Leonard Guarente uncovered the gene that also controls how other organisms, and perhaps humans, grow old.
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There is no direct evidence yet that calorie-restricted diets retard human aging, but there are promising signs. However, if a 1,000-calorie diet makes you grumpy and lowers your sex drive, […]
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By studying how yeast ages, the MIT biologist obtained insights into the molecular basis of human aging, too.
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The MIT biologist rejects Aubrey de Gray’s claim that humans may soon be able to live forever, but thinks we might add 50 years to our lifespan.
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A conversation with the director of MIT’s Glenn Laboratory for the Science of Aging
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has come under fire for spending nearly $3,000 of tax payer’s money on flowers in four months while Whip James Clayburn has spent hundreds on donuts.
Five British sailors are being held captive by the Iranian Navy after their racing yacht possibly strayed into Iranian territories on its journey from Bahrain to Dubai.
Hundreds of Jupiter-like planets and a handful of Earth-sized plants have been discovered by astronomers fuelling hope of finding alien life forms.
The Seattle Times is utilising new Google technology to help inform the manhunt for the shooter responsible for the deaths of four Seattle police officers.
Western countries have warned Iran not to defy international demands by carrying out its plan to build 10 uranium enrichment sites which could be used to develop nuclear arms.
Somali pirates hijacked a US-bound supertanker carrying $20m in crude oil on Sunday – and the unarmed crew could do little to stop them.
The numbers for setting carbon emissions targets “don’t add up” according to the Washington Post because they’re based on outdated projections.
Saudi Arabians have been using the internet to vent fury at the local government’s ineffective response to last week’s flooding in Jeddah that left more than 100 dead.
Health bills currently going through Congress would fail to block hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from coverage according to The Washington Times.
The Huffington Post has slammed a talk show host for being “forgiving” toward the governor responsible for giving clemency to a suspect in the recent cop killings.
For millennia, men have assumed a certain dominance, both physically and culturally, over the world around them. Yet, as we enter an age of disruption, wherein the norms of history […]