Immortality

Immortality

The NYT: Back in 1993, scientists manipulated a worm’s genes and doubled its lifespan. Maybe immortality is possible?

JSTOR Daily: Immortality is a common theme across cultures. It’s sometimes a blessing. Other times it’s a curse

Nat Geo Magazine: Scientists are going all in to find a cure for aging. Scientists can expand the lives of mice, but of course increasing the lifespan of humans is trickier

The New Yorker describes a common trope: The Silicon Valley billionaire who wants to crack the code to immortality. But, of course, it’s not easy

CNBC thinks it’s good that tech billionaires are looking for a death cure. Maybe someday no one will have to die!

Wired is a believer: Scientists could successfully create a treatment that “cures” aging by 2024! It could help prevent serious age-related health problems from developing at all

And maybe a longer life won’t be so expensive. Wired reports on a pill that increases your lifespan and only costs 5¢

Or is the answer in grape seeds? Research from China found that a compound in grape seeds could repair degenerating organs and extend the lifespan of mice

The WSJ thinks the secret to a longer life has nothing to do with pills: You can live an extra 7.5 years if you think positively about aging

But Freethink.com thinks we’re thinking about the problem in the wrong way. We can reduce the effects of aging, but that won’t make us immortal. Maybe we should just try to make aging kinder

Forbes: Yeah, immortality’s not going to happen. A new study tells us that no matter what we do, our bodies will give out at around 110

Big Think has another idea: “Transhumanism”. It uses technology to “evolve” past our bodies’ current limits

Russian transhumanists have started a cryopreservation society. They freeze bodies until science can bring them back and give them immortal life

But maybe the Metaverse is the answer to immortality! Vice writes on Somnium Space, a version of the Metaverse that is developing a “live forever” mode