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Steven Austad

@austad.bsky.social

Scientist, writer interested in aging biology, criminal justice, wildlife, birds, the universe.

417 Followers  |  99 Following  |  19 Posts  |  Joined: 17.11.2024  |  1.945

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Tom Buford, Center Co-Director of the UAB Nathan Shock Center, comments on the importance of aerobic activity after 50 in this AARP article, "6 Proven Health Benefits of Aerobic Exercise for 50+." Read more here: bit.ly/4pnSBsV #AgingResearch #ExerciseMedicine

08.01.2026 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Archibald: Loss of beloved folk singer feels like a death in the family He was a storyteller, a poet, a philosopher who gave voice to those who β€œdidn’t want to throw a fishing line in that old mainstream.”

I'm so very sad over the death of Todd Snider. This is why.

18.11.2025 18:54 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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26.08.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One month before SEVEN DECADES: HOW WE EVOLVED TO LIVE LONGER is released!

A prelim copy just arrived. I’m in Bolivia but my son opened the shipment and it appears that he approves.

Preorder now (30% discount code: PUP30): press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

16.08.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Billion Dollar Bet: Will Humans Live to 150? The World as You’ll Know It: The Future Of Aging Β· Episode

AFAR Experts in the News: AFAR Scientific Director @austad.bsky.social and Irving Wright Award winner S. Jay Olshansky, PhD, discuss the limits of human lifespan on The World as You’ll Know It podcast.
Listen to episode 1 of The World as You’ll Know It: The Future of Aging here:

02.07.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Come At Me, Bro | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson I propose an alternate strategy: I shall fight Secretary of Education Linda E. McMahon in a televised cage match, the winner of which gets $2.7 billion in federal grants and the power to uphold or des...

This is really a thing of beauty.

29.05.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cool bits from our recently concluded killifish field research work in the Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe.
A nicely camouflaged lapwing nest (it’s a bird) and some giraffe spoors by one of our favorite seasonal ponds in the center of the park.

30.03.2025 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are so glad to feature 2023 Oklahoma NSC Pilot Awardee Carlos Diaz Garcia in this Pilot Awardee Spotlight! Check out the full interview here: bit.ly/3DL8W9t #AgingResearch

14.03.2025 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am heartbroken by the loss of my dear friend, Congressman Raul Grijalva. He was a tireless advocate for the people of Arizona and a champion for environmental justice β€” his legacy of compassion and leadership will live on in all the lives he touched.

13.03.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1275    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 3
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Attending the 2025 AGE Annual Meeting? Consider joining the Nathan Shock Centers Directors' Symposium, a pre-conference symposium featuring pilot grantee presentations from each of the eight NSCs! Learn more here: bit.ly/3DtnU3R @americanaging.bsky.social

11.03.2025 13:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
And the Roberts' Supreme Court gave him permission to make this claim.

And the Roberts' Supreme Court gave him permission to make this claim.

16.02.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m stumped why we haven’t renamed that state between Arizona and Texas New America?

12.02.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Aging Biology Update - UAB Nathan Shock Center Aging Biology Update (ABU) is a monthly compilation of aging research as it appears in the scientific literature and lay press. ABU, a publication of the UAB N

Subscribe (for free) to the best monthly summary of vew and research about aging research. www.uab.edu/shockcenter/...

05.02.2025 02:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Subscribe now. Lands in you email box every month. view.reach.uab.edu?qs=a2aca352d...

11.01.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I doubt this photo is of the mouse species used in the paper. This looks like Peromyscus

09.01.2025 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And this makes her one of the better Texas reps...

22.12.2024 14:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Pillars of Creation captured by the James Webb Space Telescope

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Controversial COVID study that promoted unproven treatment retracted after four-year saga Paper on hydroxychloroquine led by French researcher Didier Raoult is second-most-cited study ever to be withdrawn.

Good to see this nonsense paper on hydroxychloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19 finally retracted as it should have been immediately. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

18.12.2024 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Retirement Age Then and Now: A Biologist’s Perspective The National Institute on Aging (NIA) was officially established in October 1974 as a consequence of the Research on Aging Act (Public Law 93-296) passed e

Painting outside my usual lines, thoughts on the logic of retirement age for government pensions. academic.oup.com/ppar/advance...

18.12.2024 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great #Nobelprize lectures @karolinskainst @NobelPrize

A marvelous unfolding story of microRNAs
Victor Ambros, UMass Chan Med

A vast and ancient hidden world of microRNAs across the eukaryotes
Gary Ruvkun, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Med

07.12.2024 17:19 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome to this year’s Nobel Lectures with the Nobel Prize Laureates in Physiology or Medicine 2024.

Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun
#Nobelprize

The lectures will be broadcast live at nobelprize.org ⁦β€ͺ@NobelPrize‬⁩

07.12.2024 13:02 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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On tomorrow, #GivingTuesday, and every day, I’m proud to be a board member of the American Federation for Aging Research (AFAR). Your tax-deductible, year-end donation today will help advance research to help everyone live healthier, longer. Give here: www.afar.org/donate

02.12.2024 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Renewing my call to move New Year. Too many holidays in the mid-November to Jan 1 time frame. I suggest March 1st, which in case anyone forgot, is also National Pig Day. This would also significantly shrink the extra-long gap in raucously celebratory holidays between January 1st and July 4th.

01.12.2024 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

An interesting study that definitely needs replication.

27.11.2024 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Let’s get our terminology straight

26.11.2024 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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News flash. Polygraph evidence is 19th century junk science still around for some reason in the 21st century.

25.11.2024 22:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Better yet. Get AI to do it for you.

25.11.2024 22:46 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Aging Biology Update - UAB Nathan Shock Center Aging Biology Update (ABU) is a monthly compilation of aging research as it appears in the scientific literature and lay press. ABU, a publication of the UAB N

Keep up with latest in aging research, subscribable, monthly, curated links that land in your email box. www.uab.edu/shockcenter/...

25.11.2024 22:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone who takes personal advice from Lauren deserves what he/she gets.

25.11.2024 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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