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Longevity In the Extremes

January 18, 2017by lalancaster Leave a comment

As I write this it’s -48 F outside. My car is attached to an electrical cord that powers a battery warmer so I’ll be able to start it in the […]

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Biology, Genetics

The Language of Longevity

September 23, 2016by lalancaster 2 Comments

If someone from Elizabethan England were still living, would they find themselves saying, “What think ye?” rather than “What do you think?” As a novelist, I have to make a […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality, The Phoenix Gene, A Novel, Writing Science Fiction

It’s All Relative

January 23, 2016by lalancaster Leave a comment

What is my grandfather’s brother called? I think he’s my great uncle but I’m not sure. I wanted to write this post while it’s still fresh in my mind so […]

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Culture and Society

Half Full or Half Empty and Longevity

November 27, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

For many years researchers pointed to lower rates of heart disease among optimists and believed optimism led to greater longevity. In the last few years, new research is starting to […]

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Culture and Society

Why Men Die Young

September 4, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

We all know that men are more likely to die due to accidents, disease, or suicide, but there are also biological reasons men die sooner: Bigger body size- Women tend […]

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Biology

Midlife Crisis Part II

May 2, 2015by lalancaster 1 Comment

Last week I decided to explore the so-called mid-life crisis. Has it always been around, or has it developed with the lengthening human lifespan? At first, I thought the MLC […]

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Culture and Society

Platinum Anniversary

April 15, 2015by lalancaster 2 Comments

A few years ago my parents, cousins, aunts and uncles all stood in a studio in our Sunday best, huddled around two empty chairs. It was my grandparent’s 5oth aniversary, […]

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Culture and Society

The Poetry of Death

March 14, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

I attended a writers retreat recently. The instructor was poet Erin Hollowell of Homer, Alaska. Her forthcoming collection of poetry is about the death of her mother (and sex, for […]

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Aging, Death

Birth Order and Longevity

March 7, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

I thought that I heard that first-born children were longer lived and I was going to write this post in order to rub it in to my two younger brothers. […]

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Aging

Personality, Genes, And Longevity

February 28, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

Some of my writer friends build their characters based on personality types. Whether they choose to set two characters on opposite ends of the Meyers-Briggs evaluation, or pit type A […]

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Culture and Society, Genetics

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