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Joao Pedro de Magalhaes University of Birmingham All human beings age. It is part of our biology and limits our lifespan to slightly over 120 years. Not all animals experience ageing during their lives. Some animals’ bodies do not gradually degenerate as they get older the way our bodies do.
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Ryan McMaken Ryan McMaken is executive editor at the Mises Institute. Send him your article submissions for the Mises Wire and Power and Market, but read article guidelines first. Ryan has a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in public policy and international relations from the
Harry Palmer Jacinda Ardern was one of 15 ‘iconic’ women selected to appear on the cover of the September 2019 issue of British Vogue. It was even thought by some that, following in the footsteps of her fellow lefty globalist Barack Obama, she might even be awarded the 2019 Nobel
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Melanie Williams Professor of Film and Television Studies University of East Anglia Roger Lewis’s biographies are always rich, wayward, engrossing, idiosyncratic and above all obsessive, which seems entirely fitting for evoking the particular qualities of his latest subject – the celebrity couple to end them all, Richard Burton and Elizabeth
Aristotle Kallis Professor of Modern and Contemporary History Keele University Extraordinary evil involves a total moral collapse across society caused by failure of individual humanity and ethical judgment. This was the conclusion of the philosopher Hannah Arendt after witnessing the trial of Adolf Eichmann – the chief architect of the Holocaust
Tiger Over the last few years, we have been locked down, locked out, oppressed, cajoled, bribed, extorted and subjected to propaganda, brainwashing and social exclusion. It’s not a stretch to say we were traumatised from being kicked and smashed figuratively (for those in business) and literally (for those brave
Karl D. Stephan Karl D. Stephan is a professor of electrical engineering at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. This article has been republished, with permission, from his blog Engineering Ethics, which is a MercatorNet partner site. His ebook Ethical and Otherwise: Engineering in the Headlines is available in
Serina DeSalvio Ph.D. Candidate in Genetics and Genomics Texas A&M University Cranberries are a staple in U.S. households at Thanksgiving – but how did this bog dweller end up on holiday tables? Compared to many valuable plant species that were domesticated over thousands of years, cultivated cranberry
Jeffrey Miller Associate Professor of Hospitality Management Colorado State University Jeff Miller teaches Hospitality Management at Colorado State University. He was a French-style bistro chef for 20 years before becoming a teacher. He has travelled the world looking for exciting culinary experiences and interesting cultures. Nothing says Christmas quite
Neil J. Gostling Associate Professor in Evolution and Palaeobiology University of Southampton Hugh Gray was taking his usual post-church walk around Loch Ness in Scotland on a November Sunday in 1933. His amble was disrupted when he saw something bobbing above the water two or three feet from him.
Colby Teeman Assistant Professor of Dietetics and Nutrition University of Dayton Preparing a bowl of chicken soup for a loved one when they’re sick has been a common practice throughout the world for centuries. Today, generations from virtually every culture swear to the benefits of chicken soup. In the
Carol Lefevre, Visiting Research Fellow, Department of English and Creative Writing University of Adelaide Anyone parenting young children will be familiar with the phrase “there’ll be tears before bedtime”. But in a quieter, more private way, the expression seems perfectly pitched to describe the largely hidden grief of ageing.
Philip Conaghan, Director, Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine Anna Anderson, Research Fellow in Qualitative Research Hemant Govind Pandit, Professor and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon University of Leeds Knee pain is a common problem. Global estimates suggest more than one in five people over the age of 40 have a form
