Tag: Aging
Curious Kids: Why do old people hate new music?
Frank T. McAndrew, Knox College
Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to...
One skill that doesn’t deteriorate with age
Roger J. Kreuz, University of Memphis
When Toni Morrison died on Aug. 5, the world lost one of its most influential literary voices.
But Morrison wasn’t...
How technology could be a solution to caregiver shortage for seniors
Deborah Vollmer Dahlke, Texas A&M University ; David Lindeman, University of California, Berkeley, and Marcia G. Ory, Texas A&M University
Young people may roll...
Are brain games mostly BS?
Walter Boot, Florida State University
You’ve probably seen ads for apps promising to make you smarter in just a few minutes a day. Hundreds of...
Does a year in space make you older or younger?
Susan Bailey, Colorado State University
Daily life aboard the International Space Station moves fast. Really fast. Traveling at approximately 17,000 miles per hour, 300...
Before the fall: How oldsters can avoid one of old age’s...
Matthew Lee Smith, Texas A&M University ; Ellen Schneider, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Marcia G. Ory, Texas A&M University , and...
America’s graying population in 3 maps
Peter Rogerson, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
The U.S. population has changed substantially in the last half century, growing by nearly...
Your next hearing aid could be a video game
Dana Boebinger, Harvard University
Roughly 15 percent of Americans report some sort of hearing difficulty; trouble understanding conversations in noisy environments is one of the...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
