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The Immortality Hype
Despite the hyperbole, private funding is changing the science of aging for the better.
The Strange Blissfulness of Storms
Is there a biochemical reason that extreme weather makes us happy?
The Father of Modern Metal
The creation of stainless steel took equal parts metallurgy and perseverance.
The Man Who Blamed Aging on His Intestines
The productive, bizarre career of Nobel laureate and early aging researcher Elie Metchnikoff.
To Understand Your Past, Look to Your Future
An alternative to the Newtonian worldview promises to help explain quantum weirdness.
The Birth and Death of a Landscape
A trip to a Louisiana river delta reveals an ecosystem that is growing up.
What Good Is Grandma?
The growing role of grandparents in raising children is right in line with human biology.