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These Clumps of Undigested Food Used to Be Medicinal Charms

Folks got it into their heads that bezoars were a powerful antidote against any poison.

July 18, 2016

Running Is Always Blind

How your brain keeps you from falling on your face.

June 30, 2016

This Is Life at 400

Ballooning life expectancies are upending age-old definitions of life stages.

May 23, 2016

The Immortality Hype

Despite the hyperbole, private funding is changing the science of aging for the better.

May 20, 2016

The Man Who Blamed Aging on His Intestines

The productive, bizarre career of Nobel laureate and early aging researcher Elie Metchnikoff.

May 12, 2016