Nina Schoen likes the idea of life (plant life) springing from death. Schoen has a close friend who chose to have her remains made into compost. The process of those remains being broken down into ...

The first time Laura Muckenhoupt felt a glimmer of hope after the death of her 22-year-old son Miles was the drive home from the Washington state facility that had turned his body into hundreds of ...

After decades of rising life expectancy, the increases appear to be slowing. A new study calls into question how long even the healthiest of populations can live. By Dana G. Smith The oldest human on ...

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 ...

Human life expectancy in high-income countries is no longer climbing at the rate it did in the 20th century, a new study suggests. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

There is a growing consensus among social scientists and philosophers alike that a sense of life’s meaning and purpose is a key aspect of flourishing, and one that is not reducible either to happiness ...

Researchers recently examined stem cells to see if they could hit the “pause button” on human development. By inhibiting a series of chemical reactions known as the mTOR signaling pathway, the team ...

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to a new model for how intelligent life developed on Earth. Humanity may not ...

Sunday marks the 40th anniversary of the observance of the National Sanctity of Human Life Day, a day recognized by advocacy groups, religious organizations and conservative activists who seek to ...

Boston-based Life Biosciences is testing whether reprogramming human cells can slow or even reverse the effects of aging. Unsplash Life Biosciences, a Boston-based biotechnology company founded in ...