ageing

A good heart is hard to find. Deep in the Amazon rainforest lives a community whose hearts age more slowly 13 hours ago. Alejandro Millán Valencia, Bolivia, BBC News Mundo. BBC Martina is one of 16,000 Tsimanes who live in the Amazon rainforest As Martina Canchi Nate walks through the Bolivian...

125 Year Old Woman http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2543879.stm Mali's 125-year-old woman At the ripe old age of 125 years, Hawa Sacko is no longer able to get about on her own. ... ... I ask her how she feels about being the oldest person in Mali, maybe even the world. "I can't possibly...

For me there does seems to be a direct correlation between scepticism (concerning Fortean matters) and the ageing process. To spell it out: I find myself becoming more doubtful about claims of the extraordinary the older I get. I suppose it's an equivalent of the old canard about people...

I noticed the other day how weathered President Obama was looking and wondered how much of a toll the stress of office had taken on his health. This got me thinking about Prime Ministers/Presidents before and after they have served their terms and how much the weight of their decisions must...

RE: If modern humans emerged 100,000 years ago, why didn't civilization appear until only about 10,000 years ago? The average lifespan of a human was into the late twenties way back when.

It happens to most of us, but gradually, as you become aware of increasing frailties, etc. But sometimes you get a blast from the past which brings home how much water has flowed under the bridge... In 1968, I was working for the Marconi Company, building the No. 2 satellite dish at...

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http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10479286%255E13762,00.html

World's Oldest Horse, Badger Can't find it anywhere, correct me if i'm wrong, must've been reported while i was offline:

Longer life span. It seems our decendents may be in for a longer life span in the not too distant future,click here for full story. Link is dead (as is the website that hosted it). Here is the text of the MIA article: SALVAGED FROM THE WAYBACK MACHINE...