[extropy-chat] Science News Article on lifespan

[Samantha Atkins]

This would only follow if the rest of the universe ran faster for the 
mouse.  Alas the clock rate of external and many internal events is not 
geared faster for the sake of the mouse squeezing as much in.


On Feb 16, 2005, at 6:17 PM, MB wrote:

>
> http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20050212/bob9.asp
>
> Life on the Scales: Simple mathematical relationships underpin much
> of biology and ecology.
>
> "A mouse lives just a few years, while an elephant can make it to age
> 70. in a sense, however, both animals fit in the same amount of life
> experince. In its brief life, a mouse squeezes in, on average, as many
> heartbeats and breaths as an elephant does. [...]"
>
> Regards,
> MB
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