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Are the world’s oldest people really that old? – podcast

Guardian
Summary
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74% Informative

Dr Saul Newman has won an Ig Nobel prize for research that makes people laugh and then make them think.

His work shows that many claims of people living extraordinarily long lives come from places with short lifespans and no birth certificates.

He tells Madeleine what happened when he went looking for the world's centenarians.

VR Score

82

Informative language

88

Neutral language

28

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

63

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

long-living

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no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

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