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The New Old exhibition | Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York

The New Old: Designing for Our Future Selves exhibition with demographic exhibits from the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing along side the design work of the Royal College of Art, is now open at Pratt Manhattan Gallery in New York.  This follows its successful tour in Asia.

Finch’s hypothesis – a brief history of escaping death

All organisms die, but not all organisms degrade at the same rate. In some species, death rates accelerate over a short period at advanced ages; others exhibit a slower, sustained loss in population numbers over the course of their lifespans. The term “senescence” describes these patterns as a function of physiological declines that occur with […]

Five ideas for a fast-changing world

Last Thursday, I had the privilege of attending the second annual meeting of The Longevity Forum, a relatively new player on the UK’s ageing scene. As I noted last year when I attended the inaugural event, The Longevity Forum takes a two-pronged approach to the demographic realities of a globally ageing population. It is, on the one […]