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Britain’s Oldest Newlywed Couple Say It Was Love at First Sight

He is 94 and she is 87, but, going to show that true love truly knows no age and / or limits, they have just become Britain’s oldest couple of newlyweds, knocking the record held until now by another couple with a combined age of 178. Sheila Walsh and Les Atwell met four years ago, fell desperately in love at f...

9 October 2009
15:11 GMT

Lindsay Lohan’s Skin Looks Terrible

At 23, Lindsay Lohan should look her best, no matter if she occasionally overdoes it on the self-tanner. Still, deep wrinkles crease her forehead and the spotty skin on her face has something of the quality of parchment, which makes her look 35, beauty experts believe. This is the direct result of many years of smoki...

2 October 2009
13:31 GMT

New Pill to Make Muscles Young Again

Until not long ago, the fountain of youth was just a myth, the stuff fairytales were made of and that us mortals could only dream of. In recent years, the possibility of scientists discovering the secret to eternal youth and health has augmented, they say, even if they are yet to come up with the magic pill. On this ...

1 October 2009
15:31 GMT

Age Is But a Number, Uma Thurman Tells W Magazine

While many female celebrities complain that their careers begin to stagnate once they reach a certain age – usually their 40s –, Uma Thurman is perhaps the only one who can boast of living life in reverse. Nearing the dreaded 4-0, the actress opens up in the latest issue of W Magazine on what makes her ti...

18 September 2009
05:17 GMT

Download MacFamilyTree 5.6.1 for Mac OS X

Mac developer Synium Software has released a new version of its flagship app, MacFamilyTree, a genealogy tool that lets users create family trees and display them in multiple ways. The product is shareware and costs $49.95. Synium Software has made improvements across all charts and fixed issues like a resizing prob...

10 August 2009
06:16 GMT

50 and Shameless: Sharon Stone Poses for Paris Match

Sharon Stone was never the one to shy away from a little controversy. Quite on the contrary, whenever she could, she actually courted it, inviting bad press to come along for simply speaking her mind. This time, it’s different though because the Hollywood star aims to create a stir by showing the world that 50 ...

6 August 2009
10:40 GMT

Beauty and Growing Old: Stunning Michelle Pfeiffer in InStyle

She’s always been gorgeous and has been labeled an icon on too many occasions to keep tabs, but Michelle Pfeiffer has never been happier than she is now, having crossed the dreaded 50 threshold. As she reveals in the latest issue of InStyle magazine, the actress knows beauty has nothing to do with growing old &...

17 June 2009
09:50 GMT

78-Year-Old Iron-Nun Races Triathlons

We often hear that the mind is more powerful than body, yet we rarely do anything to prove that it’s true. Sister Madonna Buder, for one, is determined to show that age has nothing to do with her dedication to staying fit and physically able of pulling challenges that would be a headache even for young people, ...

29 May 2009
15:31 GMT

Child Women: Underage Girls Dream of Shoes, Clothes and Implants

There is perhaps not a single woman out there who has never played with her mother’s lipstick, makeup and shoes as a child. However, what is happening with today’s children, and especially with the girls, goes far beyond that, as they have become so imbued with everything they see on TV, hear in music, or...

29 April 2009
15:41 GMT

Bette Calman, the Yoga Granny Who Bends like Rubber

She’s 83, but Australian yoga instructor Bette Calman can put even her most flexible grandchildren to shame with the poses she can pull and hold. Hailed as living proof that yoga really does work wonders on the body, Calman still teaches about 11 classes a week and can do whatever challenging pose without even ...

24 April 2009
15:41 GMT

Brooke Shields: Growing Old in Hollywood Is a Nightmare

The issue of whether an actress is no longer valuable past a certain age has often been raised by women in showbiz, but a specific conclusion has not yet been reached. And neither will it be too soon, because it all depends on how one reacts to the conditions imposed by the industry, Brooke Shields says in her latest...

21 April 2009
08:43 GMT

Extreme Dieting Makes the Face Look Older, Study Says

Women struggling to lose weight and chronic dieters will end up looking older than they actually are by the time they turn 38, a new study comes to show. Because of yo-yo dieting and the fact that, in extreme slimmers, most of the fat goes from the face, they will actually look with approximately four years older tha...

31 March 2009
14:41 GMT

Woman to Celebrate 130th Birthday

Living a long and full life is one of people's most intimate desires, but for an old lady in Kazakhstan this wish has come true a long time ago. Officials in the country, who have identified the woman, say that she will soon celebrate her 130th birthday, which makes her 16 years older than the individual that ha...

25 March 2009
07:24 GMT

Cindy Crawford in Shaving Cream for Allure Magazine

Cindy Crawford may be 43 years old but, when it comes to looking good, she has that down to a science. The former model and actress is the cover girl for the latest issue of Allure magazine, the special anti-aging edition. In all fairness, it has been said, there is no one better to show that growing old does not mea...

24 March 2009
10:09 GMT

Exercise Is the Best Way to Fight Old Age

They say a woman’s worst enemy is growing old. In many respects, they’re right in the sense that no one really wants to be old, helpless, and eventually die. Yet, this is the reality of life – but that does not mean that there is nothing we can do. As Dr. Henry S. Lodge says for the latest issue of ...

16 March 2009
17:21 GMT

50 Means the Age of Change for Women

If we were to take a look back in time, say, 20 years ago, we would instantly notice that women seemed to enter a period of domestic bliss once they reached 50. With their children grown-up and even settled down, their lives became a peaceful, much-welcome routine. Today, ladies in their late ‘40s and early &ls...

16 March 2009
14:21 GMT

Andie McDowell Says Older Actresses Obsess on Negativity

The issue of whether actresses past a certain age can still get parts as easily as they did in their prime has often been raised, both by the media and by people in the industry. While most of them would say that it’s harder for them to get roles when they’re older, 50-year-old Andie McDowell comes to sta...

4 March 2009
08:32 GMT

Makeup Tips for All Ages

Stylists say that it’s often the little things, such as a touch of blush or of lipstick, that can make all the difference between looking plain or simply fabulous. Ariane Poole, one of the most popular makeup artists in the UK, has spoken to the Daily Mail about what women of a certain age can and cannot choose...

29 January 2009
14:31 GMT

Cyberspace and Television Responsible for a Generation of Amoral Teens

That today’s youth is not what it used to be, say, twenty or so years ago, is no longer something to wonder about. However, while it’s an entirely natural thing for generations to develop independently and somehow against the previous ones, it’s often said that it’s the faceless and depersonal...

28 January 2009
16:01 GMT

Women Feel Most Beautiful in Their 30s

They say one should never ask a woman’s age, especially if all the signs are there clearly pointing that she passed the once-dreaded 30 threshold. A new study comes to reveal that, somehow, this is no longer the case, since the mentality of women regarding age has changed, and they now see themselves as most be...

27 January 2009
13:41 GMT

Marriage After 40 Is Possible, Writer Assures Women

Statistically speaking, once a woman crosses the 40-year threshold, she might as well completely take her mind off marriage. Even with the emancipation of women, what with them being more independent of men both financially and psychologically, figures still speak volumes about their odds at marriage: after the big 4...

22 January 2009
16:01 GMT

The 'Fountain of Youth' Is Nearly Here

The mystical “fountain of youth” has been the ultimate goal for scientists ever since medicine was first invented. The appeal of living for more than 1 or 2 centuries is so large for some people, that they will do nearly anything to see it accomplished. This explains why the basic principles of an environ...

17 January 2009
22:01 GMT

Anti-Aging Elixir Possibly Discovered

More in-depth research on the impact of free radicals and isotopes on aging performed by Russian biochemist Mikhail Shchepinov provided the grounds for a company called Retrotope, formed in collaboration with other heavy-weight scientists, that aims to find a way to slow down aging. Special heavy water could be the a...

28 November 2008
18:01 GMT

One Unplanned Pregnancy Leads to at Least Another One

A new scientific study, published in the November edition of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, revealed that women who had an unwanted or unplanned pregnancy as they were young are more likely than others, in a control group, to have another one within two years. Major factors that influence this pheno...

21 November 2008
15:01 GMT

Moon's Volcanic Activity Longer Than Previously Believed

Images recently sent from the Japanese Moon orbiter KAGUYA (Japanese for “SELENE”) show that the volcanic activity on the far side of Earth's natural satellite may have ended later than scientists previously thought. Latest estimations appreciate that the last such activity occurred in the region ab...

7 November 2008
06:00 GMT

The Link Between Food, Longevity and Cancer Found

Scientists from the Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah found a connection between some genes, which may lead to a healthier and longer life. Based on tests developed on some worms that have identical genetic designs as we do, researchers found that a gene associated with aging and another one l...

19 September 2008
09:47 GMT

Young European Americans More Likely to Struggle with Tobacco Addiction

Age and certain genetic variations could greatly affect one later in life whether or not one becomes a heavy smoker, says a study conducted by the University of Utah in collaboration with researchers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, again bringing to attention the dangers to which the young are exposed while s...

14 July 2008
04:35 GMT

How Long the Organisms Live

Life is ephemeral by definition but it does vary from one species to another. The lifespan of each organism is considered to be the actual time it takes said organism to complete its life cycle. Most bacteria live for 15-80 minutes and then they divide into two daughter cells. More complex organisms live much longer....

14 May 2008
15:46 GMT

New Machine Can Tell Your Age

Teenage years are the "best" when it comes to becoming hooked on tobacco. Add to that the fact that adolescents can hardly tell the difference between what it right and what is wrong and you will see why puffing on a cigarette makes many young girls and boys feel hotter and cooler. However, the Japanese have come up ...

13 May 2008
14:06 GMT

World's Hot Spots of Longevity

At the moment, the American life expectancy is of 77.8 years, but the number is expected to plummet due to the current obesity pandemics. However, there are zones on our planet where people live like in fairy tales, holding the secret of eternal youth. Dan Buettner has been tracking down world's centenarian hot ...

24 April 2008
14:06 GMT

The World's Oldest Person Is 115-Years-Old

The world's official oldest person is 115 years and 4 days old. Edna Parker lives in a retirement community in Shelbyville, Indiana, and was born on April 20, 1893. Parker was born on the same day as silent movie star Harold Lloyd. In the same retirement center also lives Sandy Allen, the tallest woman in the wo...

24 April 2008
14:06 GMT

Fire Ants Play Possum

This behavior is better known by most people as "playing possum" and by scientists as thanatosis ("putting to death" in Greek). When threatened or harmed, some animals mimic the appearance and smell of a sick or dead animal. The behavior is mostly known in opossums, but in reality it is practiced by various animals, ...

15 April 2008
02:40 GMT

The Ideal Wife: 4 to 6 Years Younger

Hugh Hefner or Michael Douglas are just faithful followers of an evolutionary pathway. A new statistical research published in "Biology Letters" reveals that monogamous men indeed have more children if their wives are younger than them, more exactly, by 4 to 6 years.The research team used the data from a Swedish rese...

19 March 2008
14:06 GMT

This Is the World's Oldest Living Person: 120 Years!

Guinness Book credits as the oldest living person the American Edna Parker, born on the 20th of April, 1893 (thus 114 years, 7 months and 28 days old). Parker got her title in August 2007, after the death of the Japanese Yone Minagawa, 3 months and 16 days older than her. Parker was born on the same day as silent mov...

19 February 2008
14:06 GMT

Couch Potatoes Live 10 Years Less!

The remote control saves you from wasting too much energy changing the channels. The only problem is that now and then you have to go to the bathroom.... Damn it! But don't worry: you will be saved of too much effort, as you will live 10 years less because of this couch potato lifestyle. This is the result of a ...

30 January 2008
02:57 GMT

Could We Live 800 Years?

Immortality and eternal youth has always been the dream of the humankind. What about a lifespan of 800 years? Yeasts can do it, in their world, if experience a specific mutation. This is the result of a research published in PLoS Genetics by a team at the University of Southern California. They prolonged the lifespan...

17 January 2008
05:28 GMT

Which Is the Biologically Ideal Age Difference Between Spouses?

Any man dreams of being Hugh Hefner, with at least one of his odalisques. It is a fact that men prefer younger women for sex, and women want by their side an older man (well, for sex, we don't really know...). This male preference is universal across cultures worldwide. A Finnish team tried to see if there is a ...

7 December 2007
14:06 GMT

Children Lying about Their Age on the Internet

Kids are often lying about their age when it comes to registering on certain websites on the Internet, a study conducted by the National Consumer Council revealed. According to the research, numerous kids are exposed to advertisements supposed to be displayed by adults, such as gambling or dating services. More impor...

7 December 2007
09:26 GMT

8 Facts About Death and Long Life

1.Today, there are over 200,000 centennial (aged over 100) persons. 66 are over 110, turning into supercentennial individuals. These have certifying papers, but their number could be up to about 450. 2.A quarter of the deaths around young Americans, aged 15 to 24, are caused by fire guns. In 1990, this translated to ...

5 December 2007
14:06 GMT

The Longest-Lived Animal Ever: 410 Years Old!

When we talk about longevity, our minds think about giant tortoises and crocodiles, elephants and other animals.Indeed, crocodiles can live as much as human beings and elephants do, also reaching the sixties. Giant tortoises are proved to live more than 200 years. And some ravens and parrots indeed live longer than o...

29 October 2007
15:06 GMT

The Penis of the Giant of Cerne Abbas, Painted in Purple

The main tourist attraction in Cerne Abbas village (Dorset, England) is not its river, nor the streets lined with stone houses, not even the Abbey; it's its famous giant, a 55 m (180ft) naked figure carved into the chalk hillside. Many would think of the giant, property of the National Trust, the same age as Sto...

12 September 2007
14:06 GMT

Why Older Men Drool For Young Women

Which man in this world is not jealous of Hugh Hefner? It is a fact that men prefer younger women as mates, and women want by their side an older man. This male preference is universal across cultures. Now, a scientific reason has been found: it boosts the evolutionary success. In short, the number of children an ind...

1 September 2007
04:41 GMT

The New Oldest Person in the World: 114 Years 3 Months and 25 Days Old

The oldest person in the world, the Japanese Yone Minagawa, died on Monday evening, at the age of 114, according to AFP. She was the holder of the Guiness Book Record as the oldest living human. Now her title is attributed to the American woman Edna Parker, younger than Minagawa by 3 months and 16 days, born on 20 of...

15 August 2007
13:51 GMT

The Longest-Lived Animals Ever Recorded

Elephants can live up to 60 years. Crocodiles can reach 80 and even more. Recent data points to the fact that large whales can live over 150 years. But clear data comes from huge land tortoises to crown them as the planet's most long lived animals. If small tortoises can live over 30 years, the large ones can ea...

23 July 2007
14:16 GMT

No More Kids on YouTube

YouTube has a very strict policy when it comes to the users looking for an account on the popular online video sharing service. If you didn't know, you're not allowed to register an account on YouTube if you're not over 13 years old. However, the parent company Google allows the persons with ages betwe...

11 July 2007
04:20 GMT

More Brain Training for Your DS - Gamers Monitored by the DS Brain Age Check

It all started with Dr Kawashima's Brain Training: How Old Is Your Brain? in Europe last summer. Since then, over 10 million people globally are currently including the brain training game in their daily lives. Thus, the developer thought to include even more content in Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain? featu...

16 May 2007
09:04 GMT


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