Around the world, health gurus and travellers alike are making 'Blue Zones' their next home. These select areas of the world have higher rates of people living above-average lifespans, with many ...

Pockets of centenarians have been revealing clues for living longer. Now, those areas’ next generations are teaching us how to mess it all up. When scientists discovered the “blue zones” a few years ...

There are a few hotspots on Earth that are linked to longer-than-average human lifespans. From the sun-soaked island of Okinawa in Japan to the rugged mountains of Ogliastra in Sardinia and the ...

Most of what we know about humans living to very old age is based on faulty data, according to the researcher who won this year’s (2024) Ig Nobel Prize in Demography. This includes the science behind ...

People in Blue Zones maintain their physical health through everyday activities, instead of following gym-based exercise plans. Their living spaces naturally support casual physical activity through ...

A late-January week in Costa Rica was an opportunity to escape winter – and tariff anxiety – temporarily. But it also turned out to be a suitable place for thinking about aging, longevity and ...