Will a human ever celebrate a 150th birthday? You bet, says Stephen Austad, a biology of ageing researcher at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Austad is so sure that life expectancy is poised ...

If you’ve ever wondered just how far the human body can push its limits, new research may have found an answer. A team of scientists has used massive health datasets and mathematical modeling to ...

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The From Labs to Lives Blog connects everyday topics with UC Davis research. Each post is reviewed by our experts, ensuring you always get useful information you can trust. Because we can’t see them, ...

NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams has returned to Earth after spending over 9 moths in space - under microgravity. Even though she is back, her body is yet to re-adjust to gravity. But there is another ...