TWEET IT - clicktotweet.com/JVi57 Why do we age, from a biological perspective? Written and created by Mitchell Moffit (twitter @mitchellmoffit) and Gregory Brown (twitter @whalewatchmeplz). TWITTER: www.twitter.com/AsapSCIENCE FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/AsapSCIENCE Mitchell Moffit www.mitchellmoffit.com www.twitter.com/mitchellmoffit www.facebook.com/mitchellmoffit Gregory Brown www.gregorybrownart.tumblr.com www.twitter.com/whalewatchmeplz Further Reading -- Senesence: www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7372/full/nature10600.html Aging Factors: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0027510711002223 Telomeres: www.nature.com/nm/journal/v12/n10/full/nm1006-1133.html www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6286143 Telomeres and Cancer: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867400816839 Flatworms: www.pnas.org/content/early/2012/02/22/1118885109.full.pdf+html