Tiredness of life: the growing phenomenon in western society

Tiredness of life is a distinct form of suffering in which life seems stripped of meaning.

Sam Carr, Reader in Education with Psychology and Centre for Death and Society, University of Bath • conversation
May 3, 2023 • ~6 min

Machine learning is helping police work out what people on the run now look like

How do police forces make artificially aged images of people who have been missing for years?

Charlie Frowd, Professor of Forensic Psychology, University of Central Lancashire • conversation
Feb. 20, 2023 • ~6 min

Board games: how playing them online can bring grandparents and grandchildren closer together

Video calls with younger relatives can be awkward - but only if we let them.

Lisa Lazard, Senior Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University • conversation
June 15, 2022 • ~6 min

How memory 'clutter' makes it harder to remember things as we get older

Forgetfulness is often regarded as a sign of old age. But what exactly is going on in the brain that makes it more difficult for older people to remember things?

Alexander Easton, Professor of Psychology, Durham University • conversation
Feb. 23, 2022 • ~6 min

Why it's still a scientific mystery how some can live past 100 – and how to crack it

Many centenarians haven’t lived healthy lives, so are they genetically different?

Nir Barzilai, Professor of Medicine and Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine • conversation
Nov. 25, 2021 • ~8 min

Standing on one leg is a sign of good health – and practising is good for you too

Practising standing on one leg has also sorts of benefits, research shows

Dawn Skelton, Professor in Ageing and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University • conversation
Oct. 6, 2021 • ~6 min

Male fertility: how age affects men's chances of having children

Older fathers have a lower chance of conceiving and increased chances of negative effects on children.

Michael Carroll, Reader / Associate Professor in Reproductive Science, Manchester Metropolitan University • conversation
March 3, 2021 • ~7 min

Cognitive decline due to ageing can be reversed in mice – here's what the new study means for humans

Anti-inflammatory drugs may be able to reverse cognitive decline in the future.

Richard Faragher, Professor of Biogerontology, University of Brighton • conversation
Jan. 21, 2021 • ~6 min

How 20th-century 'rejuvenation' techniques gave rise to the modern anti-ageing industry

At-home electrical 'therapies', hormone treatments, and skin 'foods' were just some of the popular treatments people used to look and feel younger.

James Stark, Associate Professor of Medical Humanities, University of Leeds • conversation
May 14, 2020 • ~8 min

Coronavirus: the puzzle of why the risk of death is greater for men and for the elderly

Some things about COVID-19 still don't add up.

Jeremy Rossman, Honorary Senior Lecturer in Virology and President of Research-Aid Networks, University of Kent • conversation
April 20, 2020 • ~7 min

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