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Longevity Research
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"This will help people take meaningful steps to slow the rate of aging and increase what we call their health span or their kind of time of life expectancy free from disease."
16mins
"Being connected to another person makes us feel safer and keeps our bodies at a kind of physiologic equilibrium that promotes health."
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“Until very recently, I thought I would die with the same genome that I was born with.”
An introduction to "The Engine of Progress" from Jason Crawford, founder of the Roots of Progress Institute.
From treating specific diseases to targeting aging itself, Progress Conference 2025 explored the many routes to extending life.
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“Over the last 10 or 15 years, scientists have really started to understand the fundamental underlying biology of the aging process. And they broke this down into 12 hallmarks of aging.”
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
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“We can make ourselves more likely to be happy by building a life that includes the conditions that make for happiness.”
Living longer is only half the equation. Here’s how to stay healthier for more of those years.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Other plans for the tech: organ banking and deep space travel.
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Americans are getting older, and so are traditional healthcare methods. CEO of Northwell Health Michael Dowling shares his take on how we can develop the best care for our elderly loved ones.
Northwell Health
"The promise of the Human Genome Project has finally arrived."
“Having more stem cell activity is good for regeneration, but too much of a good thing over time can have less favorable consequences.”
In a world of distractions, several remarkable companies show why focus is the ultimate strategy for endurance.
Kurzweil predicts that AI will combine with biotechnology to defeat degenerative diseases this decade. Then things will get really interesting.
The acceptance of death is deeply embedded in our culture; it's time to overthrow that idea.
Joe Betts-LaCroix — co-founder and CEO of Retro Biosciences — talks to Big Think about invention, authenticity, and Sam Altman’s “art of the startup.”
A growing body of research suggests that optimism plays a significant role in promoting both physical and mental well-being.
If you eat a diet full of refined grains, high-sugar drinks, and sweets, there's a good chance you have too much insulin.
People with higher immune resilience live longer, resist diseases, and are more likely to survive diseases when they do develop.
In December 2022, a company called BioAge Labs published findings on a drug that worked to prevent muscular atrophy, or the loss of muscle strength and mass, in older people.
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Age expert Dr. Morgan Levine explains why living to 100 is the wrong goal.
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Former Yale professor Dr. Morgan Levine shares 3 ways to change your diet to extend your life.
A secret to a long, healthy life may lie in the diversity of gut viruses, which can supercharge bacterial metabolism and resist disease.
Is blood the key to anti-aging, or just another lucrative biotech opportunity?
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Your chronological age and your biological age aren’t the same thing. This ex-Yale professor explains how to tell the difference.