genomics

Longevity

The New Biomarkers of Biological Age: From the Air You Breathe to the Repeats in Your DNA

Two fresh studies sharpen what 'biological age' actually measures — one tracing it to the air outside your window, the other to quiet patterns deep in the genome of people who reach 100.

Longevity

What a Century-Old Cave Salamander Might Teach Us About Slow Aging

Researchers have mapped the first full transcriptome of the olm, an amphibian that lives more than 100 years in the dark. The early findings hint at how some animals stretch a lifespan — and why human biology might one day borrow the trick.