Boston University School Of Medicine

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Seeing the glass as half full may mean a longer life. Photograph: iStock
Optimism may hold secret to longer life, study suggests
  • Health
  • August 27, 2019, 09:30

Seeing the glass as half full may mean a longer life, according to research suggesting optimists not only live longer in general, but have a better ch(...)

What makes a beautiful woman? Snapchat filter not the answer

What makes a beautiful woman? Art and science have debated this since art and science began. Is it symmetry? Scent? The distance between her eyes? Som(...)

John Risher, 106, watches the game and records statistics manually in the press box during a University of Virginia home football game in Charlottesville. Photograph: Lexey Swall/The New York Times
Age just another number for Virginia’s 106-year-old stat man
  • Sport
  • November 7, 2016, 19:00

Charlottesville, Virginia. John Risher drove north on Route 29, a briefcase resting in the car’s back seat. Through sunglasses, Risher, who is 106 (...)