"Old" people are getting older. While this might seem obvious, a statistical perspective provides interesting insights into living and working in today's longevity revolution. Research from John ...

You cannot get more classic than a classic Old Fashioned. This humble concoction of four ingredients—whiskey, sugar, bitters, and water—is quite literally the cocktail that started it all. It was that ...

What does it feel like to be old? Not middle-aged, or late-middle-aged, but one of the members of the fastest-growing demographic: the “oldest old,” those aged eighty-five and above? This has been the ...

Mr. Rosenblatt is the author of several novels and memoirs, including “Cataract Blues: Running the Keyboard.” I recently turned 83, and while there are many joys to getting older, getting out of taxis ...

Once people are past middle age, they’re old. That’s how life progresses: You’re young, you’re middle-aged, then you’re old. Of course, calling someone old is generally not considered polite, because ...

Being called an “old soul” can mean a wide range of things, such as not caring for material things, focusing on meaningful connections, and having high empathy, among others. Share on Pinterest ...

A New York Times/Siena College poll revealed how much even his supporters worry about his age, intensifying what has become a grave threat to his re-election bid. (This candidate) is just too old to ...

Anna Nordseth is an ecology writer and Duke University Ph.D. candidate specializing in tropical forest ecology, conservation research, and biodiversity. Old-growth forests are archetypal verdant, lush ...

Getting old isn’t nearly as bad as people think it will be. Nor is it quite as good. On aspects of everyday life ranging from mental acuity to physical dexterity to sexual activity to financial ...

One of southern California’s oldest giant sequoias holds more leaves than there are people in China. It has stood since there were fewer people on Earth than live in modern Japan—more than 3,000 years ...