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On the day that one becomes an octogenarian, nature bestows a mathematical birthday gift: a gradual reprieve from the relentlessly increasing likelihood that he or she will die in the coming year. That gift may come as small comfort against the growing creakiness of joints and the still-mounting probability that the end is nigh. But an analysis of close to 4,000 very long-lived Italians suggests that the rise in the risk of imminent death continues to slow until the age of 105. After that, researchers estimate, the chance of making it to see another birthday holds steady at roughly 50-50. Perhaps it's "nothing to blow a trumpet about," said University of California, Berkeley demographer Kenneth Wachter. But at least the mortality rate levels off, the data suggest. Wachter and colleagues from universities in Italy and Germany published their findings in Friday's edition of the journal Science. For humankind in general, these findings hint at an intriguing, if largely theoretical, prospect: that the maximum possible human lifespan—essentially, the species' design limit—has not yet been reached. It may even be extended by means as yet undiscovered. If the "oldest old" tell us how long we could live, then many centenarians could, in principle, get even older. And maybe older still with the right elixir. "This data suggest our genetic heritage is permissive," Wachter said. "Our bodies are not put together so that at some point, everything goes wrong." Indeed, he said, there's reason to believe that some humans could beat the current longevity record of 122, which was set in 1997 by Jeanne Louise Calment of France. Established demographic data show that after 65, people grow more likely to die with every passing year. And the math is unforgiving: Each year after 65, the probability of death rises at a pace that's double what it was the previous year. But when the researchers added the 3,836 long-lived Italians to the earlier data, they saw that this doubling held up only until the average human's 80th birthday. After that, the rate of increase began to slow. For the lucky humans who made it all the way out to 105, that annual increase in the probability of death seemed to stop. The authors also showed that the annual mortality rate in those aged over 105 declined slightly with each successive birth year, such that those born more recently tended to live longer. This pattern "strongly suggests that longevity is continuing to increase over time and that a limit, if any, has not been reached," wrote the team, which included demographer James W. Vaupel of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Germany. "Our results contribute to a recently rekindled debate about the existence of a fixed maximum life span for humans," they added. In any event, it raises "doubt that any limit is as yet in view."

Can humans reach even older age? We haven't maxed out yet, some scientists say

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Affluent men in England and Wales are outliving the average woman for the first time since official records began, thanks to the sharp reduction in smoking and the decline in manual work. The Office for National Statistics said on Wednesday that “higher managerial and professional men” can expect to live for 82.5 years, one month longer than the 82.4 years of life expectancy for the average woman. The gap between the sexes has narrowed dramatically in the past 30 years, with men gaining an additional seven years in life expectancy since 1986, compared with the four and a half year improvement for women over the same period. But the latest ONS figures, for 2007-11, mask deep inequalities between social classes and geographical areas of the country. The ONS research found that while male solicitors, actuaries, clergy and surveyors have an average life expectancy of 82.5 years, men working as streetsweepers, fishmongers, welders and window fitters will survive to only 76.6 years. The interactive data allows users to input their job and gender to see their average life expectancy – with some surprising results. Male fitness instructors have a lower life expectancy (77.9) than the average male journalist (80.8 years). Meanwhile, female florists (80.8) live shorter lives than female care workers (81.9) and several years less than a female estate agent (84.5 years). The ONS said: “Historically women have outlived men and back in the early 1980s even those women in the least advantaged socioeconomic group could expect to live longer (at 77.2 years) than the most advantaged group of men (75.7 years). “Since the 1970s, men have been catching women up in terms of survival. The decline of the mining industry and the move away from physical labour and manufacturing industries towards the service sector is a likely cause, along with a reduction in the proportion of men smoking.” But over the same period, inequalities in life expectancy by income have widened for both men and women, with the biggest gains enjoyed by those earning the most, said the ONS. In 1997-2001, the poorest women lived on average 3.8 years less than the richest women. But since then, the figure has widened to 5.3 years, the biggest gap that statisticians have recorded.

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The Year Tech was ... Boring ... is this it?

This year’s CES show was underwhelming. And that happens in the tech world every now and then. This year, phone are smaller, faster and have longer lasing batteries. Computers and laptops, are a little less expensive. Tablets are basically the same as last years. So what’s new?

Flat screen TVs …

Plasma TVs still have the best display, but are expensive. OLED are great as well. But LCD TVs still…

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Tired of being tired , tired so being loser , tired of being so low , tired of old me . Everytime a exam comes , I start thinking of doing sth after the exam , in older to remember those things I'm decided to write them down : 1 write mail to Cyril and etienne ( idk when tho ) 2 sort out things with Danny :( The guy who disappear sometime or other .... Awww , I fucking hate that .. Jezz 3 buy book Anne from the green gable and E.B white 's essay book :))) 4 吃酸菜鱼 :)))

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