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Life expectancy in ancient Rome was 20–30 years.
It is said that life expectancy in ancient Rome was 20–30 years.
Most medicines will be printed by 3-D printers in the future.
It is widely agreed that most medicines will be printed by 3-D printers in the future.
Humans spend a third of their life sleeping.
It has been calculated that a third of humans’ lives are spent sleeping.
Most people believe that Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.
Penicillin is considered to have been discovered by Alexander Fleming.
People consider Hippocrates of ancient Greece to be the father of western medicine.
Hippocrates of ancient Greece is widely agreed to be the father of western medicine.
People who run regularly live on average six years longer.
It has been suggested that people who run regularly live on average six years longer.
Humans have become 50% heavier in the past 100 years than they have been throughout history.
Humans are understood to have become 50% heavier in the past 100 years than they have been throughout history.
Our life expectancy has increased more in the last fi ft y years than in the entire human existence.
It is believed that our life expectancy has increased more in the last fi ft y years than in the entire human existence.
The pace of population ageing is much faster now than in the past.
The pace of population ageing is believed to be much faster now than in the past.
In fi ft y years’ time, robots will take over the jobs of nurses and carers
In fi ft y years’ time, it is expected that the jobs of nurses and carers will have been taken over by robots.
Laughing 100 times uses the same energy as fi ft een minutes cycling.
Laughing 100 times is considered to use the same energy as fi ft een minutes cycling.
There are more living things living on your skin than people on the planet.
It has been determined that there are more living things living on your skin than people on the planet.
By 2020, the number of people aged 60 years and older will outnumber children younger than fi ve years.
It is said that by 2020, the number of people aged 60 years and older will outnumber children younger than fi ve years.
The average person will walk the equivalent of four times around the world during his/her lifetime.
The average person is considered to walk the equivalent of four times around the world during his/her lifetime.
There is an agreement that countries have to start making provision to look aft er their ageing populations.
It is widely agreed that countries have to start making provision to look aft er their ageing populations.
Women, partly because their immune systems, age more slowly.
It is proposed that women live longer than men partly because their immune systems age more slowly.
