Science & Medicine
One or two capsules of Vitamin E daily can at least partially reverse the decline in immunity that normally occurs during aging and thereby might make it easier for the elderly to fight off disease, a researcher from the U.S.
Sept. 30, 1988
Humans age at remarkably different rates — and the process begins much earlier than one might think, according to a new study of 954 people tracked since birth.
July 6, 2015
Books
A new series of books on the ‘Radium Age,’ the early, adventurous and optimistic days of sci-fi, brings back H.G. Wells and many lesser-known geniuses.
May 16, 2022
Business
Formed one year ago this week, Idealab Capital Partners, a Pasadena-based venture capital group, has raised $100 million for its first fund.
March 15, 1999
California
Voters will choose from among 16 candidates running for school board seats in two high school districts.
Oct. 31, 1994
According to ‘positive psychology,’ we get less neurotic as we age and focus more on quality of life. Emotional stability does have its perks
July 16, 2007
Archives
It’s 3 a.m., and you have just found gel-like crystals in the wet diaper of your newborn.
Oct. 15, 1998
Opinion
People don’t have a use-by date — 65 isn’t a magic age after which workers merely plod along, doing routine work, bereft of creativity and new ideas.
July 21, 2016
Jane Wirsig first started complaining of persistent fatigue in 1976, but the watershed event in the Princeton, N.J., woman’s illness came while she was doing her household accounts the next year.
Nov. 28, 1993
Dec. 4, 2014