This rollicking scientific adventure story is science writing of the highest order and with the highest stakes. Could we live forever? And if we could--would we want to?--From publisher description.

Dan Buettner's The Blue Zones (2008) identified the healthiest, longest-living societies on the planet. In this follow-up, he outlines methods for replicating their healthy lifestyles.

Host Neil deGrasse Tyson will tackle one of science's major challenges in each episode, framed as a simple question that ordinary people wonder and worry about. Neil will guide us as he explores dramatic discoveries and the frontiers of research that connect each central, provocative mystery. Episode includes: Short story, can my car live forever? Irv Gordon, a retired science teacher from East Patchogue, NY, has managed to keep his 1966 Volvo P1800...

When Ted Kerasote was ready for a new dog after losing his beloved Merle-who died too soon, as all our dogs do-he knew he wanted to give his puppy Pukka the longest life possible. But how to do that? So much has changed in the way we feed, vaccinate, train, and live with our dogs from even a decade ago. In an adventure that echoes The Omnivore's Dilemma with a canine spin, Kerasote tackles these subjects, questioning our conventional wisdom and emerging...

Smart women don't grow older. They grow younger.   A book of hope, Younger Next Year for Women shows you how to become functionally younger for the next five to ten years, and continue to live thereafter with newfound vitality. Learn how the Younger Next Year plan of following "Harry's Rules"-a program of exercise, diet, and maintaining emotional connections-will not only help you turn back your physical biological clock, but will improve memory,...

In this companion to the number one New York Times bestseller The Blue Zones Kitchen, Dan Buettner offers a four-week guide and year-long sustainability program to jump-start your journey to better health, happiness, less stress, and a longer life. Get started on the path to a longer, healthier, happier life with this quick start to building your own Blue Zones lifestyle. Dan Buettner, founder of the Blue Zones and author of the New York Times number...

"A renowned Johns Hopkins- and Stanford-educated cardiologist travels from America to a remote Chinese village where he learns seven lessons that change his life and his medical practice. At forty-four, acclaimed cardiologist John D. Day was overweight and suffering from insomnia, degenerative joint disease, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. On six medications and still enduring constant aches, he needed to make a change. While lecturing...

Bestselling author, longevity expert, and National Geographic Explorer Dan Buettner reports on health, fitness, diet, and aging, drawing on his research from extraordinarily long-lived communities--Blue Zones--around the globe. Buettner has launched a major public health initiative to transform cities based on principles from this book, an updated and expanded edition of his bestselling classic on longevity. His prescriptions for lifestyle, nutrition,...

An analysis of longevity science and anti-aging medicine offers insight into the anti-aging industry, reveals groups who are profiting from dubious products, and considers the transformation of health care for the purpose of extending life expectancy.