Nation america’s life-expectancy map

The quest to defy ageing Humanity has ...

Seniors in the U.S. and across Western developed nations are reaping a social security bonanza funded by younger workers and mountains of debt the old will never have to pay off

Women’s happiness has declined over the last 20 years while men’s has increased, says the economist Corinne Low. Claire Cohen meets her

The average car in the UK is the oldest it has ever been. That’s the headline from the RAC Foundation, which has found that, as of the end of last year, the average car in the UK was nine years and 10

Pick of the week’s correspondence

Want to reach a ripe old age? Being alive and kicking in your 80s and 90s might seem appealing, but how many ‘good years’ you have later in life is dependent on healthy ageing. Older people are often