Thursday, September 5, 2024

In today’s newsletter, we examine if rapid aging in two bursts is inevitable. Plus, discoveries on how lice really spread and new allergy treatments.  Also, a new look at the apostles of Jesus ... and a Titanic Nat Geo quiz.

Does aging really happen in bursts? Boom, here come the wrinkles? Boom, the sagging skin, graying hair, muscle and joint pain?

That’s what a new Stanford study suggests. But even the study’s researchers (including this one, shown above) are trying to mitigate the body’s sudden aging. What can you do?

Related: What lifting weights does for your body—and your mind. 

Also: Lifting heavy weights can help you mitigate osteoporosis. Here’s how to get started. 

And: When does old age begin? For some, it’s later than you think. 

Rolling in the deep: In the latest Titanic news, deterioration has accelerated at the deep-water wreckage site of the famous luxury liner. On a cold, moonless April night in 1912, where did the ship go down? 

A. 200 miles south of Greenland
B. 250 miles southeast of Iceland
C. 300 miles west of Southampton, England
D. 400 miles southeast of Newfoundland, Canada. 

Related: She survived the Titanic—but it wasn’t the only time she faced death at sea 

Today’s Soundtrack: Rolling in the Deep, Adele

Tomorrow: Catch our Top 10 headlines of the week. And sign up here to get our next Photo of the Week. 

Today’s newsletter was curated and edited by David Beard and Nancy San Martín. Let us know if you have ideas or suggestions for stories—or your thoughts about suddenly aging in two bursts.