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This Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute.
They say that older folks benefit from spending time with young people. And that’s not just an excuse to stick grandma at the kids’ table at Thanksgiving. Now scientists have found that, even in insects, seniors live longer when they socialize with the young. The researchers were studying fruit flies that, because of a particular mutation1, have a drastically reduced lifespan. When those mutants live together in a Big Brother style fly dormitory they only last an average of 9 days. But the scientists found that when they allowed older mutants to share space with hip2, young, wild-type flies, they survived nearly twice as long. The results appear in the May 27th issue of the Proceedings3 of the National Academy of Sciences. Old mutants who roomed with spry regular flies also dealt better with stress than their friends who bunked4 in the Mutant Only dorm. They withstood being overheated, dusted with paraquat, even shaken violently twice a day. By studying these flies, the researchers hope to identify any molecules5 responsible for this youth-associated lifespan extension. Then grandma won’t actually have to sit with the kiddies. She could pop a pill and stay spry while hanging with her peeps.
Thanks for the minute for Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I am Karen Hopkin.
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n.臀部,髋;屋脊 | |
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n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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v.(车、船等倚壁而设的)铺位( bunk的过去式和过去分词 );空话,废话 | |
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