Want to live a long life? A study of 1,500 childre...  ...Leslie R. Martin, in their recent book, "The Longevity Project." "The best childhood personali...  ..."The best childhood personality predictor of longevity was conscientiousness--the qualities of a prudent...  ...life when measured in...

A naked mole rat named Old Man was found dead last...  ...Thursday at his home at the Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies in San Antonio, Texas. He was b...  ...nio in 2007. Naked mole rats are noted for their longevity with an average lifespan of 26 years. Other roden...

Can you live to be 100 years old? Your genes might tell the story. A newly discovered suite of 150 "long life" variants in about 70 genes allows scientists to guess, with 77 percent accuracy, whether a person can live i...

You may have heard of the longevity of people who live on Okinawa or Sardinia. These...

Sakhan Dosova of Karaganda in northern Kazakhstan...  ...ted? We need to find out.' Dosova attributes her longevity to a sense of humor. Link -via Unique Daily

If chipper and optimistic people annoy you, here's a finding that will make you hate them even more: they'll outlive everyone else ...A study of 100,000 women presented at the American Psychosomatic Society's annual meet...