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Scientists Discover That Money Can Literally Make You Age Slower. Here’s How.

Kids whose moms received $333 a month showed signs of slower biological aging by age 4. Cold, hard cash may have a soft side.

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They say money can’t buy happiness, but money strategically given to low-income parents might actually buy longevity.

According to a landmark study published in Nature Human Behaviour, a long-running trial that gave moms financial stipends showed that the babies of parents who received a no-strings-attached cash gift of $333 a month displayed signs of slower biological aging by the time the kids turned four.

Scientists have long suspected that growing up poor ages you on a cellular level. The problem with proving this through the scientific method is........

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