“Tech is a young person’s game.” “You can’t teach old dogs new tricks.” “A child could solve this problem–someone send for a child.”
Prejudice against older programmers is wrong and inaccurate according to new research. Two computer scientists at North Carolina State University, in Raleigh have discovered a natural experiment to test the technical chops of the old against the young.
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A gentleman’s relish is the true water of life. A nice shot of semen allows a man to pass on a genetic code through the ages, offering the closest thing to eternal life humans are ever likely to achieve. But such wonders aren’t straightforward. In fact, semen is a wonderfully complex secretion, rich in evolutionary history and packed full of healthy chemicals. And actually, there’s far more to it than sperm alone…
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The gene, SIRT6, in laboratory mice and found it extended their lifespan by up to 15 per cent.
A gene has been discovered by scientists that could hold the key to extending life by up to two decades. The gene is found in all mammals and is known to protect against age-related cell damage.
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While it seems like just about everyone has a smartphone now, a closer look by Nielsen finds that 66 percent of those in the 24- to 34-year-old age group have smartphones , representing “the greatest proportion of smartphone ownership” of any age group.
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The poll found that on average 38 was the age at which people felt most content with their lives.
A survey of adults of all ages found that, on average, people were most content with their life at 38.
Male maturity age has shifted again.
Boys are maturing physically earlier than ever before. The age of sexual maturity has been decreasing by about 2.5 months each decade at least since the middle of the 18th century. Joshua Goldstein, director of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock (MPIDR), has used mortality data to demonstrate this trend, which until now was difficult to decipher. What had already been established for girls now seems to also be true for boys: the time period during which young people are sexually mature but socially not yet considered adults is expanding…
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The results of the tests might also be of interest to companies offering life-insurance policies or medical coverage.
A controversial blood test that can show how fast someone is aging – and offers the tantalizing possibility of estimating how long they have left to live – is to go on sale to the general public in Britain later this year.
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Nearly half of boomers now work for a younger boss.
Are you older than most of your colleagues at work? According to an AP-LifeGoesStrong.com poll, age may be an asset at work, or no issue at all.
Continue reading… “61% of Baby Boomers Say Age is Not an Issue at Work”
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