Over the past 150 years, humanity has unleashed unimaginable energy by splitting atoms and developed machines that allow us to soar through the skies. But arguably, our species’ most profound change has been far more basic: People generally live a lot longer than they used to.
This trend has now substantially slowed in wealthier nations, which appear to be nearing a limit in life expectancy improvements from modern medicine, according to a new study.
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Over the past 150 years, humanity has unleashed unimaginable energy by splitting atoms and developed machines that allow us to soar through the skies. But arguably, our species’ most profound change has been far more basic: People generally live a lot longer than they used to.
This trend has now substantially slowed in wealthier nations, which appear to be nearing a limit in life expectancy improvements from modern medicine, according to a new study.
Read the rest…