Jeanne Calment

"Government databases list 4.7 million Social Security members from people aged 100 to 109," U.S. President Donald Trump claimed.

Supercentenarian who died in her sleep had lived through two world wars and Spain's civil war

Our bodies naturally experience more and more cellular chaos over time. What if we could stop it?

THE world's oldest living person Maria Branyas Morera has turned 117 today. Born on 4 March 1907 in San Francisco, the grandmother has lived her life since she was eight in Spain's Cata…

Theoretically, the systems in our bodies can repair themselves indefinitely. Practically, the laws of physics make that a futile pursuit.

Studying people who live well beyond the age of 100 could reveal the secret to living longer, healthier lives. But the statistics tell another story.

Forget vanity, there is a much better reason to care about your laughter lines – wrinkles may be driving ageing in your body and brain via zombie-like senescent cells

Lucile Randon, known as Sister André, was born on Feb. 11, 1904. She was also believed to be the world's oldest living nun and covid survivor.

Sister Andre, born Lucile Randon, spent decades serving as a French nun

From Greenland sharks to Jonathan the tortoise — the world's oldest living land animal — humans are babies compared to these critters.

Kane Tanaka wanted everyone to 'continue to have fun'

Kane Tanaka, the world's oldest person, died in Japan aged 119.

The woman who held the record for the oldest living person has died at the age of 119, according to Guinness World Records.

Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman who was the world's oldest person, has died at the age of 119, Japanese authorities said.

Her 118th birthday wish is "to die soon". But in the meantime, Lucile Randon, better-known as "Sister Andre", always keeps her door open for any visitor who ...

The world's oldest person recently celebrated her 119th birthday in a Japanese nursing home.

Is eating three yogurts a day the key to immortality?

The last radical improvement in our lifespans happened in the 20th Century. Now, researchers are looking into just how much further we can go — and if that's even possible.

A recent paper in the journal PLOS ONE suggests that humans have yet to reach their maximum age and that there might not even be one. In the paper, "Mortality postponement and compression at older ages in human cohorts," David Mcarthy of the Terry College of Business, University of Georgia, and his former Ph.D. student, Po-Lin Wang, currently at Muma College of Business, University of Southern Florida, use…

She has survived the horrors of two world wars, a civil war and two global pandemics.