The best learning agent is that of the human mind, and modelling how humans learn could help develop robots that we can interact with naturally, say computer scientists.

Patricia Shaw · The Conversation 27 Jun 2019

Mental Health

Is friendly public transport the answer to the loneliness epidemic?

Loneliness is a global problem. But could the answer be as simple as encouraging people to talk to one another on public transport?

Douglas Broom 20 Jun 2019

Future of Economic Progress

A quarter of Americans have no retirement savings

As few as one in four Americans have money saved to see them through retirement, according to the US Federal Reserve. And even the older generation has not put enough aside to support the...

Charlotte Edmond 13 Jun 2019

Future of Economic Progress

Retirees will outlive their savings by a decade

There’s a growing retirement savings gap, which means many of us will live longer than we have funds to provide for. We need to change our approach to investing in order to close the savi...

Johnny Wood 13 Jun 2019

Ageing

The man who's ageing too fast, and what he can teach us all about growing old

At age 33, Nobuaki Nagashimahe was diagnosed with Werner syndrome, a disease that causes the body to age too fast.

Erika Hayasaki · Mosaic Science 23 May 2019

Behavioural Sciences

Cause for hope: We hit peak optimism at 55

Researchers have revealed the typical trajectory of optimism we experience throughout out lives, and it's generally good news for people in their 50s.

Paul Ratner · Big Think 21 May 2019

Creative Economy

Think creativity is only for the young? Think again

New research suggests that we have two peaks of creativity throughout our careers. Conceptual innovators experience theirs at 25, whilst experimental innovators experience one in their mi...

Derek Beres · Big Think 10 May 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Longer lifespans are changing the shape of the world’s population pyramid

The human race is at a crucial point in its history, as its population growth begins to decline.

Jeff Desjardins · Visual Capitalist 07 May 2019

Mental Health

Meditation could make your brain much younger, according to this research

Neuroscientist Sara Lazar found that people who practiced meditation had more gray matter in the part of the brain linked to decision-making and working memory: the frontal cortex.

Melanie Curtin · Business Insider 29 Apr 2019

Mental Health

If 75 is the new 65, we need to rethink what it means to be old

Researchers believe that it’s better to think about older people not in terms of their chronological ages, but in terms of their remaining life expectancy.

Warren Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov · The Conversation 16 Apr 2019

Education, Gender and Work

Across the world, women outlive men. This is why

A look at how attitudes to well-being play in to life expectancy, and how gender and wealth can make a difference.

Emma Charlton 09 Apr 2019

Ageing

In Japan, if you're 76 you're biologically 65

People experience the health problems of the average 65-year-old at different ages around the world, with citizens in some countries ageing 30 years faster than others.

Charlotte Beale 22 Mar 2019

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Grey fingers: Ageing Singapore uses gardening to fight loneliness

Would you want to live to 150? Top quotes on what it means to grow old

There is an epidemic of loneliness among Americans over 60

A robot could be your carer in old age - but are you ready?

Is friendly public transport the answer to the loneliness epidemic?

A quarter of Americans have no retirement savings

Retirees will outlive their savings by a decade

The man who's ageing too fast, and what he can teach us all about growing old

Cause for hope: We hit peak optimism at 55

Think creativity is only for the young? Think again

Longer lifespans are changing the shape of the world’s population pyramid

Meditation could make your brain much younger, according to this research

If 75 is the new 65, we need to rethink what it means to be old

Across the world, women outlive men. This is why

In Japan, if you're 76 you're biologically 65

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