Research suggests runners have a 25 to 40 percent lower risk of premature death and live roughly three years longer than non-runners
By The Long View · Aug 15, 2026
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Dogs can smell some chemicals at concentrations approaching one part per trillion
By The Long View · Aug 15, 2026
The most useful exercise advice after 60 is not about doing more of one thing
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 15, 2026
Japanese women have ranked first in global life expectancy for 41 consecutive years, reaching 87.33 years in 2025. Japanese men live nearly…
By The Long View · Aug 14, 2026
When you lose body fat, about 84% of the fat's mass ultimately leaves your body as carbon dioxide you breathe out
By The Long View · Aug 13, 2026
At any moment, one side of your nose is usually more swollen than the other because erectile tissue inside it fills with blood
By The Long View · Aug 13, 2026
A 2016 study found men aged 20 to 34 had weaker grips than the same-age norms recorded in 1985, but it did not test their fathers and one…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 10, 2026
Roger Fielding's lab at Tufts followed the same older adults for ten years and found their individual muscle fibers still generated just as…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 10, 2026
No habit can promise to keep dementia away, but the largest expert review to date estimates that up to 45 percent of cases could in…
By Science Blog Editorial Team · Aug 10, 2026
In one study, 138 first-time marathoners had aortas that appeared four years younger after six months of training, but the result does not…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 10, 2026
Walking on sand burns up to 2.5 times more energy than walking on pavement, which means a 30-minute barefoot beach stroll is a more…
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 9, 2026
Pregnancy does not end at birth in the clean biological way we imagine
By Lachlan Brown · Aug 9, 2026