OLDER PEOPLE IN ENGLAND AND GERMANY getting smarter, but not fitter. “People over age 50 are scoring better on cognitive tests than people of the same age did in the past — a trend that could be linked to higher education rates and increased use of technology in our daily lives, according to a new study published in an open-access paper in the journal PLOS ONE. But the study also showed that average physical health of the older population has declined.”

Quick, Euro governments — hire Mark Rippetoe. It works! Just ask 92-year-old Gus.