How people age is determined by their genes and by their living conditions. Andrea Frazzetta has photographed centenarians on the Greek island of Ikaria, where a surprisingly large number of people grow very old.
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Our chief editor takes a look at the latest edition.
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In Georgia, bathing is more than a mere exercise in cleansing: it is also a social event
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About a special animal from Panama
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The author recounts a custom in her home country India
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The Ukrainian cultural activist Diana Berg talks about her life and how protesting pro-Russian forces marked a turning point in her biography.
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The Ukrainian cultural activist Diana Berg talks about her life and how protesting pro-Russian forces marked a turning point in her biography.
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Research is shining a new light on the ageing processes and finding solutions within our cells. Ana María Cuervo explains what the medicine of the future might look like.
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Sex and drugs and rock ‘n’ roll: While rock stars struggle to exude youthfulness throughout their lives, Nick Cave’s career is a lesson in ageing with dignity.
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A conversation about ageing and its consequences with the philosopher.
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My great-grandmother in an oxygen tent, my wild grandfather, our neighbour Miss Dickie: Revisiting the old people of my life.
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Klaus Betz, 72, used to be a communist. Anna Kosenkova, who could’ve been his granddaughter, is a fan of Angela Merkel. What do an old leftie and a young conservative have to say to each other?
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The first sexual experience at 16, at 50 the midlife crisis: in life, what happens when corresponds rarely to reality
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While academics delay their retirement, manual workers often retire in their mid-50s. A conversation with the sociologist John Macnicol.
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Some sit in the boss's chair, others in a retirement home: A conversation about the baby boomer generation.
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The yoga teacher and competitive ballroom dancer is 101 years old and has a lot of ideas for the future. A conversation.
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Apparently never. There are endless demands for integration, one never really becomes part of "us Germans".
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Why we should urgently discuss regulating Big Tech companies, a professor for artificial intelligence explains
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A duo of new books on feminism: Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya and Nancy Fraser have written a manifesto against predatory capitalism while Kristen R. Ghodsee explores gender relations under socialism.
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The bookseller was imprisoned in China for selling political books. A conversation.
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