Why Being Kind to Others Is Good for Your Health
While we might all enjoy the warm glow of helping out others or giving up a little of our time for charity, it could be doing us some physical good too.
BBC Future
Topics: Altruism Empathy Longevity
What If We Could Live for a Million Years?
Vastly extended life spans would bring dazzling opportunities — and daunting risks.
Scientific American
Topics: Death Longevity
Cheer Up! Optimists Live Longer
Optimistic people live as much as 15 percent longer than pessimists, according to a new study spanning thousands of people and three decades.
Science
Topics: Aging Longevity Optimism
Positive Attitudes About Aging May Pay Off in Better Health
A bias against growing older has physical effects.
Science News
Topics: Aging Bias Longevity
Flourishing in Medicine
The concept of flourishing has the potential to transform clinical care.
Human Flourishing, Psychology Today
Topics: Flourishing Happiness Longevity Meaning Purpose
Can Religion Stave Off the Grave?
New research suggests that social behaviors, such as getting involved with a religious organization, can influence how long people live.
Character & Context, Society for Personality and Social Psychology
Topics: Longevity Meaning Religiosity Social Behavior
Cultivating Kindness Through Meditation Can Slow the Aging Process, According to New Research
Kindness is its own good — but it can also bring health benefits.
Pacific Standard
Topics: Aging Longevity Meditation
What’s Your Purpose? Finding a Sense of Meaning in Life Is Linked to Health
Having a purpose in life may decrease your risk of dying early, according to a study.
Shots, NPR
Topics: Longevity Meaning Purpose
Looking for Happiness? Try Purpose Instead
Our pursuit of happiness can come at the expense of finding deeper and more sustaining versions of psychological and physical well-being.
The Boston Globe
Topics: Happiness Longevity Meaning Purpose
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
How a positive outlook may buffer us from stress and ward off health problems.
Knowable Magazine
Topics: Emotion Happiness Longevity
Bringing Older Americans Back Into the Fold
Marc Freedman, the president of Encore.org, is on a mission to reintegrate older people into the lives of younger ones.
The New York Times
Topics: Aging Happiness Longevity Purpose
From Gene Editing to AI, How Will Technology Transform Humanity?
Five big thinkers — Regina Barzilay, George Church, Jennifer Egan, Catherine Mohr, and Siddhartha Mukherjee — puzzle over the future of the future.
The New York Times Magazine
Topics: Genetic Engineering Happiness Longevity Robots Technology
People’s Notions of a Perfect Life Are Surprisingly Modest
Data suggest that people have much more complex, blended notions of perfection, ones that embrace both light and dark. Interestingly, the ratings of perfection were more modest in countries that had traditions of Buddhism and Confucianism.
Topics: Happiness Intelligence Longevity
Building Bridges Across the Generational Divide
The needs and assets of older and younger people are complementary. The key is to overcome our habits of age segregation.
The Wall Street Journal
Topics: Aging Longevity
Inherited Trauma Shapes Your Health
A new study on Civil War prisoners adds to the evidence suggesting that our parents’ — and even grandparents’ — experiences might affect our DNA.
The Atlantic
Topics: Epigenetics Genes Longevity
The Surprising Effects of Loneliness on Health
Scientists are gaining a more refined — and surprising — understanding of the effects of loneliness and isolation on health.
Well, The New York Times
Topics: Loneliness Longevity Social Networks
You Can’t Beat Aging Because It’s Mathematically Inevitable
Whether it’s by cancer or run-of-the-mill cell destruction, aging and death is mathematically inescapable.
Inverse
Massive Genetic Study Shows How Humans Are Evolving
Analysis of 215,000 people’s DNA suggests variants that shorten life are being selected against.
Nature
Topics: Evolutionary Mechanisms Longevity
How to Live Forever
Longevity is a fact, we’re all living longer. What is the role that older people can play in nurturing the next generation?
TEDxSanFranciscoSalon
Topics: Aging Longevity Purpose
What Makes a Good Life? Lessons From the Longest Study on Happiness
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it’s fame and money, you’re not alone — but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you’re mistaken.
TEDxBeaconStreet
Topics: Aging Happiness Loneliness Longevity
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