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“Do You Live in Paris?”

Patrick Modiano— She introduced me to her brother a few weeks after we’d met, a brother she had never mentioned before. Once or twice I’d tried to find out more about her family, but I could tell she was reluctant to answer and I didn’t insist. One morning, I entered

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Looking for Longevity

      This morning on NPR’s Morning Edition, there was a segment on a test that could predict—with an accuracy rate of 77%—whether or not an individual would live to be a centarian.  The test is based on a comparison of the DNA of those who lived to one hundred,

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