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4 Jun

The cruel paradox of cosmetic tweakments now being deemed

Chances are you'll be afraid of ‘ageing like milk’, but turning to filler and Botox at a young age could now leave you dubbed with ‘stink face’ online These days, just existing on social media will leave you feeling like there’s no correct technique to age. 11-year-olds are stocking up on Drunk Elephant retinol, as Gen Z are told they’re “ageing like milk”. Concurrently, teenagers are berating the 28-year-olds brave enough to post their “raw faces” on TikTok, telling them they need to have slathered their faces in sunscreen and retinoids to avoid developing any tremendous lines. The climate for growing and searching older could have never been this rough, so, unsurprisingly, some...
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5 Dec

TikTok’s recent ageing filter is making people cry… with

Should you were on TikTok this summer you will likely be very accustomed to the platform’s “Aged” filter. Using AI machine learning, just like the Daring Glamour filter, the Aged filter “predicted” how users would age by adding facial expression like wrinkles, sagging skin, thinner lips and hyperpigmentation. The filter quickly racked up over 10 billion views, with the general sentiment being considered one of dismay and distress at the outcomes. “I don’t prefer it, I don’t prefer it in any respect,” Kylie Jenner said in a video where she tests out the filter. “No. No.” Other users joked they were going to start Botox and pretended to cry. While a few of these reactions were little question played up for...
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18 Oct

Slowdive on grief, ageing and the facility of juvenile

Because the group prepare for the UK leg of their world tour, founding member Rachel Goswell talks to Emma Garland about grief, ageing, and their growing appeal amongst young audiences Standing ankle-deep in mud waiting for Slowdive to start their set at this yr’s Green Man Festival, it was hard not to note how mixed the packed-out crowd was. In front of me: a bunch of teenage boys wearing all-black, cross-body bags and all, quietly passing around a joint. Behind me: a Gen X couple and their young kids, who later took a family selfie with the stage. Beside me: a lone raver who gave the impression to be teleported there directly from...
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18 Jul

Scientists can have found a technique to reverse the

Are humans one step closer to immortality? Possibly. Latest research published by a team of scientists from Harvard Medical School suggests they've discovered a mixture of medicine that may reverse the ageing process. With this treatment they imagine that, within the near future, one single pill will have the ability to enhance eyesight, treat age-related diseases, repair injuries more efficiently, rejuvenate internal organs, and reduce visible outer signs of ageing.  “Until recently, one of the best we could do was slow ageing. Latest discoveries suggest we are able to now reverse it,” says genetics professor David Sinclair, who led the team and has also authored the book Lifespan. Over the course of three years, and after extensive research on mice and monkeys,...
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