Age

It's not easy staying green.

• By Tom Jacobs

New research finds aging people are treated more fairly if they are identified as older workers rather than Baby Boomers.

• By Tom Jacobs

But new research finds younger and older people largely listen for different reasons.

• By Tom Jacobs

Many aspects of Americans' lives work together to influence their opinions on issues such as global warming, animal testing, and sending people to space.

• By Francie Diep

New research from Italy finds the brains of healthy elderly patients respond to hearing a Mozart piano sonata.

• By Tom Jacobs

Who are we really protecting when we treat kids like second-class citizens?

• By Megan Alrutz

Intellectual abilities don't all follow the same trends as we age, according to new research.

• By Nathan Collins

What defines Millennials? They may be disillusioned—but unlike Ernest Hemingway and the gang, they are far from lost. In fact, they've found their voices perhaps more than any previous cohort.

• By Jane Greenway Carr

A review of new proposals to put a stop to elder abuse and support the rights of the elderly around the world.

• By Lauren Kirchner

German researchers report positive changes in the brains of recent retirees who learned how to create visual art.

• By Tom Jacobs

Diverse neighborhoods, it turns out, aren’t just conducive to hipsters.

• By Tom Jacobs

They have a lot to say, and they're not going away any time soon.

• By Casey N. Cep

New research shows that time seems to move faster as we get older because we're more stressed.

• By Sarah Sloat