This week in science: how eating meat could be associated with a longer life; a switch for fat cell production; how space travel could supercharge viruses to fight for us; and much more! Study Finds Meat Eaters Are More Likely to Live to 100, But There's a Catch [caption id="attachment_190241" align="alignnone" width="642"] (punhha/Canva)[/caption] A study of over 5,000 people in China showed that meat eaters have a higher chance of living to 100 years of age – but there are a lot of caveats.