Table of Contents

May 2006

How Long Can You Live?

What causes the aging process? Can anything be done to reverse it?

3 Can You Avoid Aging?

4 Why Do We Grow Old?

7 How Long Can You Live?

14 Watching the World

18 Michael Servetus​—A Solitary Quest for the Truth

22 Sponges​—Simple yet Spectacular

25 A Traditional Garden of Uncommon Beauty

30 From Our Readers

31 How Would You Answer?

32 “I Can Hardly Set It Down”

Preparing Your Daughter for Menarche 10

When should you talk to your daughter about menstruation? How should you approach the subject?

Why Do I Have to Read? 15

Learn what youths from 11 countries had to say when they were asked about the challenges and benefits of reading.

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