"Old" people are getting older. While this might seem obvious, a statistical perspective provides interesting insights into living and working in today's longevity revolution. Research from John ...

You cannot get more classic than a classic Old Fashioned. This humble concoction of four ingredients—whiskey, sugar, bitters, and water—is quite literally the cocktail that started it all. It was that ...

What does it feel like to be old? Not middle-aged, or late-middle-aged, but one of the members of the fastest-growing demographic: the “oldest old,” those aged eighty-five and above? This has been the ...

The Old Fashioned is as classic a cocktail as exists in the American canon, yett over the generations, the core concept of combining spirit, sugar, and bitters has gotten muddled (sorry-not-sorry for ...

Once people are past middle age, they’re old. That’s how life progresses: You’re young, you’re middle-aged, then you’re old. Of course, calling someone old is generally not considered polite, because ...

Mr. Rosenblatt is the author of several novels and memoirs, including “Cataract Blues: Running the Keyboard.” I recently turned 83, and while there are many joys to getting older, getting out of taxis ...

Being called an “old soul” can mean a wide range of things, such as not caring for material things, focusing on meaningful connections, and having high empathy, among others. Share on Pinterest ...

One of southern California’s oldest giant sequoias holds more leaves than there are people in China. It has stood since there were fewer people on Earth than live in modern Japan—more than 3,000 years ...

These old-people jokes will have you laughing for years to come. And if your memory isn't what it used to be, they're just as hilarious the second time around! Aging isn’t always the most fun thing in ...

You've likely heard the centuries-old "something borrowed, something blue" saying. Here's what it means and where it came from. But what does this old wedding saying really mean? And who gives the ...