A microbiologist explains why we age and die ^13.7%

NPR - By Regina G. Barber, Jessica Yung, Emily Kwong, Rebecca Ramirez - 10/29/2024, 7:00 AM

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Humans have seen a significant increase in life expectancy over the past 200 years — but not in overall lifespan. Nobody on record has lived past 122 years. So, for this early Halloween episode, host Regina G. Barber asks: Why do we age and why do we die? Microbiologist Venki Ramakrishnan explains some of the mechanisms inside of our... more