(Credit: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock) What would it be like to live forever? The thought has likely crossed your mind. But you soon sober up — it ain’t going to happen. Nevertheless, the idea of living longer than your parents and grandparents is not farfetched. Better lifestyles (such as exercising regularly and not smoking) and better medical care have helped increase longevity in developed countries. People who otherwise would have died in their 60s from age-related diseases are living into their 80s and 90s.
A study published today in Science indicates that people are indeed living longer and that the maximum lifespan for humans has not yet been reached. Researchers examined records from the Italian National Institute of Statistics, focusing on Italians who lived to age 105 or beyond. Between January 2009 and December 2015, they found 3,836 of them, the oldest being 112 years old. The data allowed for accuracy and precision ...
