After decades of rising life expectancy, the increases appear to be slowing. A new study calls into question how long even the healthiest of populations can live. By Dana G. Smith The oldest human on ...

There is no scientific consensus on the fundamental question whether the probability distribution of the human life span has a finite endpoint or not and, if so, whether this upper limit changes over ...

For most of human history, life unfolded quickly and ended abruptly. In the early 19th century, global life expectancy ...

Since the early 20th century, sustained declines in mortality have driven steady increases in life expectancy, particularly in high-income countries. Several studies have reported that this ...

Researchers suggest that radical life extension is unlikely in the 21st century and emphasize the need for significant institutional changes, such as in retirement planning and life insurance pricing ...