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October 15, 2011 in Science & Technology

How Old Can We Get?

Links to learn more: Like us on facebook! http://www.Facebook.com/VsauceGaming All music by Jake Chudnow: http://soundcloud.com/jakechudnow General info on aging: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senescence Oldest People Ever: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_verified_oldest_people Oldest People who are STILL ALIVE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_living_supercentenarians Article on age and the first person to be 150 (in the future): http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/has-the-elixir-of-youth-come-of-age-1971341.html Moratlity Rates by age: http://www.data360.org/graph_group.aspx?Graph_Group_Id=347 Biological Immortality (Hydra, for example): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_immortality Survival Curves for different types of organisms: http://www.stmary.ws/highschool/science/APBIO/Populations/survivorship_curves.htm Methuselah Tree: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/methuselah/expl_grove.html Pando: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pando_%28tree%29 Intense, new things are remembered as happening more slowly: http://www.livescience.com/2117-time-slow-emergencies.html Scientific paper about emotions and memory: http://www.springerlink.com/content/mmt8722571771083/fulltext.pdf “Flashbulb Memories”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flashbulb_memory NPR program on how long our lives “feel”: http://www.wbur.org/npr/122322542/why-does-time-fly-by-as-you-get-older Slashdot’s comments

October 15, 2011 in Science & Technology