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  • Kintsugi
  • January 31, 2022January 31, 2022

Your Sense of Smell Declines as You Age, But Scientists Say Identifying a Sweet Scent Is Always the Easiest

By Nashia Baker Research has backed the theory that people begin losing their sense of smell at the age of 55. However, scientists are now finding that it’s not an all-encompassing loss. Acc

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  • Prof Patty
  • November 20, 2020November 5, 2025

Old Dogs, New Research, and the Secrets of Aging

By James Gorman Nov. 9, 2020 Another recent paper came to the disturbing conclusion that the calculus of seven dog years for every human year isn’t accurate. To c

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 16, 2020

Why Does Time Seem to Speed Up with Age?

When asked to reflect on their lives, the participants older than 40 felt that time elapsed slowly in their childhood but then accelerated steadily through their teenage years into early adulthood.

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NY Times

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NPR

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  • Only two species can survive in Great Salt Lake? Scientist says — hold my Nalgene
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The Progressive

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