{"id":83342,"date":"2026-06-05T07:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=83342"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T11:48:11","slug":"a-new-biological-clock-could-predict-when-youll-probably-die","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/a-new-biological-clock-could-predict-when-youll-probably-die\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Biological Clock Could Predict When You&#8217;ll Probably Die"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Sciencealert.com:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/images\/2026\/06\/Green-eye-with-clock-hands-in-it--642x361.jpg\" alt=\"Close-up of a green human eye with clock numbers and hands overlaid on the iris, symbolizing biological aging and the passage of time.\" width=\"299\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The clock is ticking on all our lives; we just don&#8217;t know when it will stop.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists have devised a host of tools in their attempts to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/your-daily-rhythms-may-help-slow-biological-aging-study-suggests\">gauge biological aging<\/a> \u2013 not just how many birthdays a person has had, but how worn out their organs and cells are.\u00a0 Many of these tools are epigenetic &#8216;clocks&#8217;, which tally chemical marks on DNA that accumulate with age and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/stress-biologically-ages-us-but-new-research-says-it-could-be-reversible\">stress<\/a>, but they\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencealert.com\/your-bodys-cells-could-age-years-in-a-single-day-challenging-past-research\">aren&#8217;t always reliable<\/a>.\u00a0Now, researchers have developed a new clock based on gene activity that accurately predicts lifespan and captures hallmarks of chronic disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Sciencealert.com: The clock is ticking on all our lives; we just don&#8217;t know when it will stop. Scientists have.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-83342","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83343,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83342\/revisions\/83343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}