‘It’s like being reborn’: inside the care home opening its doors to toddlers

With benefits for older people’s physical and mental health, a new care home-based nursery in London is the first intergenerational care facility in the UK

A brief guide to eternal youth – get a dog, avoid tax and inject teenage blood

Recent studies suggest that being neurotic and drinking coffee could help you live longer. But there’s no shortage of other theories about how to stay young

How to conquer our obsession with eternal life

Our anti-ageing quest only increases anxiety, says Matt Haig. Instead, we need to understand the tricks of time

Dementia and Alzheimer’s main cause of death for women, says Public Health England

Female life expectancy is now 83 years but many women will spend a quarter of their lives in ill-health, finds report

Royal Institution’s new director Sarah Harper: we must show gold standard for science

Second woman to be appointed in RI’s 218-year history identifies role, in era of fake news, to supply trusted data across many issues from health to climate change and robotics

Get moving, grandad! Exercise improves brain health in the over 50s

Dean Burnett: How and why exercise improves brain functioning in the over-50’s.

More middle-aged men taking steroids to look younger

Experts warn about growing number of men in their 40s and 50s taking drugs to fight signs of ageing and boost sex drive

Why do we sleep less well as we get older?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific concepts

Elizabeth Blackburn on the telomere effect: ‘It’s about keeping healthier for longer’

The Nobel winner says keeping telomeres – the ends of our chromosomes – in prime condition can stave off diseases associated with ageing

Half a million older people spend every day alone, poll shows

Scale of loneliness among over-60s revealed as Age UK develops scheme to provide support and companionship