Can America Get Out of the Gerontocracy Trap?
If voters so overwhelmingly prefer younger candidates, why are they underrepresented in politics?
Aging
Kay Granger, Like Joe Biden, Is a Symptom of America's Gerontocracy
The 81-year-old congresswoman has not voted since July, at which point she apparently moved into an eldercare facility.
Bryan Johnson: Can This Rich Transhumanist Beat Death?
Bryan Johnson, venture capitalist and founder of Blueprint, discusses his $2 million a year effort to reverse aging on Just Asking Questions.
Why Millennials Hate Boomers
Join Reason on YouTube Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion on the divides between young and old Americans.
More Immigration Leads to Better Nursing Home Care, Says New Paper
Immigrants have a proven ability to address a mounting need for the aging American population. Politicians crafting immigration policy ignore this at their own peril.
The Answer to Population Decline Is More Immigration
Politicians' go-to fixes like child tax credits and federal paid leave are known for creating disincentives to work without much impact on fertility.
Sex Offender Registry Prevents Dying, Bedridden Man From Spending Final Days at Home
"My opinion is no exceptions should be made," says the chief of the police.
Immortality, Inc.
Meet the wild dreamers and wealthy financiers striving for human immortality.
Lawmakers Call Out Cuomo and Other Governors for Letting Prisoners Die of COVID-19
Plus: "Karenology," failing fashion brands, and more...
This One Chart About Global Aging Changes Everything
"For the first time ever there are now more people in the world older than 65 than younger than 5."
Where Are You on the 'Happiness Curve'? Q&A with Jonathan Rauch: Podcast
A fascinating and challenging new book argues that "life gets better after 50."
The Young Blood Cure for Aging?
A Florida physician offers to rejuvenate oldsters with young people's plasma.
Is Immortality Gendered?
Therapies that slow and even reverse aging will be a tremendous boon for both women and men.
Draining Millennials of Their Blood to Rejuvenate Boomers
Alkahest's vampire cure for aging experiment yields equivocal results
Getting Nose Jobs with Comedians: Joan Kron's Powerful Argument for Plastic Surgery
Eighty-nine-year-old first-time filmmaker and journalism legend Joan Kron on her new film, Take My Nose...Please!
Rejuvenation Using Human Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma
Perhaps this provides a way for avoiding the necessity of draining Millennials of their blood plasma to benefit Baby Boomers.
Rejuvenation By Killing Off Senescent Cells and by Boosting DNA Repair: New at Reason
Two new studies report experiments that successfully reverse aging
Is the Cure for Aging Just Around the Corner?
Here's hoping that we've not been born one generation too early.
Is the Quest to 'Solve Death' Selfishly Immoral?
Some bioethicists think that 75 years of life is enough for you.
Good News: Research Confirms Way to Boost Healthy Longevity
Bad news: Most of us have got to eat less to live longer
Time to Declare Aging a Disease and Get On with Curing It: New at Reason
Who wants to live to be a 100? Someone who is 99 years old. Especially if he feels like a 25 year-old.
Americans Are Living Healthier Longer
Nearly 2 years more of disability-free life expectancy
Has Japan "Aged Out of Its Economic Miracle"?
Maybe, maybe not, but its immigration and economic policy are clearly to blame for much of its 25-year-long "Lost Decade."
When Every Life Is Precious
We value individual human lives more every day. That's (mostly) good news.
How San Jose Took on the Unions and Saved Millions Through Pension Reform
Q&A with Former City Councilman Pete Constant.
Check Out On Your Own Terms
Suicide among the elderly may be less tragic than self-empowering
Elder Care Doesn't Have to Resemble Prison
Regulations, fear of lawsuits prevent nursing homes from allowing patients basic autonomy
Dying and in Denial
A new book offers a powerful dissection of contemporary end-of-life care, yet misses the underlying problem.
Screwed by Seniors
The people expected to pay for Social Security and Medicare can't afford it.
Medicare and Social Security Tabs Coming Due
Unless we want to drown future generations in a sea of red ink, we need to have a serious conversation about the future of entitlements.
The Vampire Cure for Aging
Watch out Millennials! Baby Boomers are out for blood.
What Do Americans Think About the Pension Crisis?
Most realize the problems, but they don't want tax increases or spending cuts to fix them.
Next Generation Will Live to Be 100
"The first person to live to 1,000 might be 60 already," asserts anti-aging researcher Aubrey de Grey
