Editing Methuselah (section)

==Cultural influence==
Methuselah's name "has become a synonym for longevity".<ref name= adv/> Saying that someone is "as old as Methuselah" is a humorous way of saying that someone is very elderly.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/as-old-as-methuselah |title=as old as Methuselah|work=Cambridge Dictionary|access-date=2017-11-12}}</ref> In this context, dogs which have lived long lives have been described as "Methuselah dogs".<ref name= dog>{{Cite journal |last1=Jónás |first1=Dávid |last2=Sándor |first2=Sára |last3=Tátrai |first3=Kitti |last4=Egyed |first4=Balázs |last5=Kubinyi |first5=Enikö |date=2020-04-16 |title=A Preliminary Study to Investigate the Genetic Background of Longevity Based on Whole-Genome Sequence Data of Two Methuselah Dogs |journal=Frontiers in Genetics |volume=11 |page=315 |doi=10.3389/fgene.2020.00315 |issn=1664-8021 |pmc=7176982 |pmid=32373156|doi-access=free }}</ref>

The word "Methuselarity", a blend of Methuselah and [[Technological singularity|singularity]], was coined in 2010 by the biomedical gerontologist [[Aubrey de Grey]] to mean a future point in time where people are expected not to die from age-related causes anymore, however long they live.<ref>{{cite web |last=de Grey |first=Aubrey |website=[[SENS Research Foundation]]|url=http://sens.org/files/pdf/FHTI07-deGrey.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613012258/http://sens.org/files/pdf/FHTI07-deGrey.pdf |archive-date=2010-06-13 |url-status=dead |title=The singularity and the Methuselarity: similarities and differences |date=2008 |access-date=2017-02-24}}</ref>

===Biblical character===
The lyrics of [[Ira Gershwin]]'s song "[[It Ain't Necessarily So]]" (1935) cast doubt on the idea that Methuselah lived so long.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Roncace|first1=Mark|last2=Gray|first2=Patrick|title=Teaching the Bible Through Popular Culture and the Arts|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fRYTAwAAQBAJ&q=methuselah+in+popular+culture&pg=PA47|publisher=Society of Biblical Literature|date=2007| page=47 |isbn=9781589836754|access-date=September 2, 2018}}</ref>

Methuselah appeared in [[Darren Aronofsky]]'s 2014 film ''[[Noah (2014 film)|Noah]],''<ref name= noah>{{cite magazine |last=Zuckerman |first=Esther|title=Why Emma Watson Is the Secret Key to 'Noah'|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/03/emma-watson-darren-aronofsky-makes-noah-about-family/359752/|magazine=[[The Atlantic]]|date=March 27, 2014|access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref> with [[Thor Kjartansson]] playing him as a youth and [[Anthony Hopkins]] playing the elderly character. In the film, Noah's adopted daughter Ila (played by [[Emma Watson]]) is infertile until Methuselah blesses her.<ref name= noah/> Aronofsky's version of Methuselah is an [[Eccentricity (behavior)| eccentric]] but [[virtuous]] [[hermit]] who lives on a [[Summit| mountaintop]] and is friends with [[Watcher (angel)| Watchers]]. In this retelling of the [[Genesis flood]], Methuselah dies during the deluge.<ref name= flood>{{cite news|author=Krule, Miriam|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/03/28/noah_movie_biblical_accuracy_how_the_darren_aronofsky_movie_departs_from.html|title=How Biblically Accurate Is Noah?|work=[[Slate (website)|Slate]]|date=March 28, 2014|access-date=September 13, 2018}}</ref>

===Plants and animals===
[[File:Methuselah Walk USA Ca.jpg|thumb|right|270px|The tree [[Methuselah (pine tree)|Methuselah]]]]

A {{Age nts|-2832|8|5}}-year-old<ref name= gymnoDB>{{cite web |url=http://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_longaeva.php |title= ''Pinus longaeva'' |access-date= 2015-01-04 |publisher= Gymnosperm Database|date= March 15, 2007}}</ref> [[Pinus longaeva|Great Basin bristlecone pine]] (''Pinus longaeva'') tree growing high in the [[White Mountains (California) |White Mountains]] of [[Inyo County, California|Inyo County]] in eastern [[California]] is called [[Methuselah (pine tree)|Methuselah]].<ref name= usda1>{{cite web|url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/inyo/specialplaces/?cid=stelprdb5129900|title=Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest|access-date=March 11, 2013|publisher=USFS}}</ref><ref name= usda2>{{cite web|url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/inyo/learning/nature-science/?cid=stelprdb5138621|title= Ancient Bristlecone Pine Natural History|access-date=March 11, 2013|publisher=USFS}}</ref>

A [[Judean date palm]] grown from an ancient seed has been dubbed Methuselah.

The Steinhart Aquarium in the [[California Academy of Sciences]] has an [[Australian lungfish]] named Methuselah. It is the world's oldest aquarium fish with an estimated age of 93 years old (± 9 years).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Methuselah (Our Australian Lungfish) |url=https://www.calacademy.org/learn-explore/creature-closeups/methuselah-our-australian-lungfish |access-date=2024-03-05 |website=California Academy of Sciences}}</ref>

===Science===
In the 1970s, mathematician [[John Horton Conway|John Conway]] introduced the [[Conway's Game of Life|Game of Life]], a [[cellular automaton]]. In cellular automata, [[Methuselah (cellular automaton)|methuselahs]] refer to a small initial state of cells that continue to grow for a large number of generations.

The subgiant star [[HD 140283]], believed to be the oldest extant star discovered, is often nicknamed "The Methuselah Star" after the ancient biblical figure.<ref>{{cite web |date=March 7, 2013 |title=Hubble Finds 'Birth Certificate' of Oldest Known Star |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130307145103.htm |work=[[Science Daily]] |access-date=August 11, 2013}}</ref> The name is also used to refer to the exoplanet [[PSR B1620−26 b]], which is one of the oldest known exoplanets with an estimated age of 12.7 billion years old.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilford |first=John Noble |date=2003-07-11 |title=Oldest planet yet is discovered / 'Methuselah' dates back nearly to time of the Big Bang |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Oldest-planet-yet-is-discovered-Methuselah-2566068.php |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Fictional characters===
The character Flint from the ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'' episode "[[Requiem for Methuselah]]" is a nearly immortal man who was born in ancient [[Mesopotamia]] during the year 3,834 BC; and was a [[soldier]] (probably of [[Babylon]]) before his powers. His identities include Methuselah, [[Alexander the Great]], [[Solomon]], [[Lazarus of Bethany]], [[Merlin]], [[Leonardo da Vinci]] and [[Johannes Brahms]]. He knew [[Moses]], [[Socrates]], [[Jesus]], [[Galileo Galilei]], and many more. Flint becomes lonely after living for a time on a deserted planet, and creates an immortal [[gynoid]] to keep him company. He eventually begins to slowly die because he left Earth's atmosphere, and dedicates the remainder of his days to the betterment of mankind.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Okuda|first1=Michael|last2=Okuda|first2=Denise|last3=Mirek|first3=Debbie|title=The Star Trek Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cbYf2l7gczUC&q=requiem+for+methuselah+star+trek+da+vinci&pg=PT2353|publisher=Pocket Books|date=1999|isbn=9781451646887|access-date=September 2, 2018}}</ref>

In the TV series [[Altered Carbon (TV series)|''Altered Carbon'']], based on [[Richard K. Morgan]]'s 2002 [[Altered Carbon|novel of the same name]], a class of people who can afford to live forever by transferring their consciousness into cloned bodies are called "Meths" or "Methuselahs."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Chaney|first1=Jen|title=Altered Carbon Is an Over-Stacked Cyberpunk Mess|url=http://www.vulture.com/2018/02/altered-carbon-netflix-review.html|website=[[Vulture.com]]|access-date=February 2, 2018|date=September 2, 2018}}</ref>

In the children's literature series ''[[Redwall]]'', Brian Jacques has multiple anthropomorphic characters named after several biblical figures, one of which is an old abbey mouse named Methuselah, who is described to be the oldest mouse to have ever lived in Redwall Abbey.

A giant monster or "Titan" named Methuselah appears in the 2019 film ''[[Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019 film)|Godzilla: King of the Monsters]]'', residing in Monarch Outpost 67 in [[Munich]], [[Germany]]. In the film, it is woken up by [[King Ghidorah]] alongside the other Titans.<ref>{{cite web |title=MonsterVerse Can Bring Back KOTM's Original Titans in New Godzilla Show |date=6 February 2022 |url=https://screenrant.com/godzilla-show-monsterverse-king-monsters-original-titans/ |work=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> It also makes an appearance in the 2021 graphic novel ''Godzilla Dominion''.