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A picture is emerging of a healthy lifestyle which is key to the conditions prevention exercise, being sociable, and looking after your ears The idea was simple. Recruit hundreds of people in their 80s and 90s, equip them with fitness trackers, and monitor their physical activity. Then, when the participants died, collect their brains

My friend, the musician Larry Jon Wilson, who has died aged 71, was that rarest of things: an honest man in a profession built on glamour. A favourite of Nashville's leading singer-songwriters, from Willie Nelson to Kris Kristofferson and Will Oldham, he never achieved their commercial success. One of the first things he told me,

An RR regular has picked a playlist from your nominations songs from Shonen Knife, Frank Black and the Fall all make the list Below is this weeks playlist the theme and tunes picked by a reader from the comments on last weeks callout. Thanks for your suggestions. Read more about the format of

Val McDermid, Nicci French, Anthony Horowitz and more reveal what makes a great novel, celebrating writers including Patricia Highsmith, Donna Tartt and Dennis Lehane Author of The Girl on the Train What makes a great thriller/crime novel?Memorable and compelling characters. Plot twists and cliffhangers can feel manufactured, but a great character never does.

When people learned he vocalized at a much higher pitch than other whales, they wondered: could other whales hear him? Was he plaintively calling, never hearing a reply? Was he lonely? The loneliest whale in the world lives in the north Pacific. Scientists have been tracking him on and off for more than 30 years