Clocks coming out of a large clock as a 3D illustration. We age along two clocks: a chronological clock and a biological clock. The former is just a measure of how many birthdays you have celebrated — ...

If you want to know your chronological age, simply count the candles on your next birthday cake. Calculating your biological age, though, is a little more complicated. Chronological age is the number ...

Aging clocks can measure the biological age of humans with high precision. Biological age can be influenced by environmental factors such as smoking or diet, thus deviating from the chronological age ...

A team of international researchers has developed a new biological age "clock" that estimates how well someone is aging, not just how "old" they or their various organs might be. The IC Clock, which ...

When used correctly, they can help us unpick some of the mysteries of our biology, and our mortality. Be honest: Have you ever looked up someone from your childhood on social media with the sole ...

In The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the titular character (played by Brad Pitt) lives a life in reverse. He’s born an old man and grows younger as he ages, eventually dying a newborn infant. The ...

Aging is far more complex than just an advancing clock. It's a tangled web of molecular changes that don’t play by linear rules. Recent studies reveal that the risk of diseases – like cardiovascular ...

“Biological clocks are used to measure the aging process in the hopes of identifying possible interventions.” The review analyzes 33 biological clocks proposed over the last decade, offering key ...

The androgen clock is rewriting the science of aging, offering a precise way to measure hormone exposure and its profound effects on health, longevity, and biology. Study: The androgen clock is an ...

Scientists may have identified a solution to age-associated muscle degeneration, and it all comes down to resynchronising our internal body clocks. Our bodies are governed by a complex network of ...