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The MIT biologist admires Galileo for inventing the scientific method.
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There are a variety of common, everyday habits and lifestyle tendencies that are scientifically proven to reduce lifespan-an MIT professor explains.
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By studying how yeast ages, MIT’s Leonard Guarente uncovered the gene that also controls how other organisms, and perhaps humans, grow old.
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There is no direct evidence yet that calorie-restricted diets retard human aging, but there are promising signs. However, if a 1,000-calorie diet makes you grumpy and lowers your sex drive, […]
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By studying how yeast ages, the MIT biologist obtained insights into the molecular basis of human aging, too.
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The MIT biologist rejects Aubrey de Gray’s claim that humans may soon be able to live forever, but thinks we might add 50 years to our lifespan.
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A conversation with the director of MIT’s Glenn Laboratory for the Science of Aging
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Many of us feel like frustrated bystanders in the healthcare debate. Jacob Hacker recommends concrete steps average citizens can take to improve their own lot.
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The architect of the public option defends his healthcare solution against criticisms and counterproposals, including the co-op model.
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Amidst a recession, two wars, and a climate crisis, healthcare reform has now passed its key test in the Senate. The architect of the public option explains why this is […]
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Jacob Hacker assesses whether the President’s healthcare policy has been what the doctor ordered—and what his campaign promised.
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Yale political science professor Jacob Hacker grades the 2009 House healthcare bill and predicts its fate in the Senate.
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Jacob Hacker’s 2007 “Healthcare for America” was the rare academic paper that transforms policy debate. Have Hacker’s ideas themselves changed since?
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Many of us cling to our “jerry-rigged” system even as it fails us, but early in his career, health reform expert Jacob Hacker saw a clear need for change.
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A conversation with the Yale political science professor and healthcare expert.
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Reihan Salam says the GOP can “win the working class and save the American Dream.” Will business and the working class really align, or are conservatives themselves dreaming?
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Could nanotechnology ever help us build nuclear plants at low cost? Or will we have to content ourselves with novelty items like “nano-pants”?
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If there’s one thing conservatism should conserve, it’s the rejection of government tinkering in favor of innovation at the margins.
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Reihan Salam believes the Indiana governor practices the “politics of honest tradeoffs” the President had sought to embody.