Theories of Aging: Anti-Oxidize Me
Every where you turn you hear about anti-oxidants. Red wine, green tea, and fruits that have just been discovered deep in a jungle all promise to slow aging. What is […]
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Clone Yourself?
Last week I discussed the possibility and ethics of cloning your pet so you could have the “same” animal for your lifetime, what about the ethics of cloning yourself? I’m […]
Clone Your Best Friend?
We love our pet’s quirks and habits: Fiesty the cat likes to rest on top of the printer where its warm, but her weak stomach sometimes makes her barf into it. […]
A Dog’s Life
Although it’s not accurate that for every human year a dog ages 7 years (that’s just the puppy years and it varies by breed), our best friends have much shorter […]
Liquid Aging
When I was running on the cross country team in high school, there was a runner who swore off soda because he thought it reduced his heart-lung capacity. Later, I […]
Is Cancer Trying to Help Us?
I recently signed a card for a friend of mine battling cancer. I wrote, “Fight that fight. We are all in your corner.” That kind of language is inherent in […]
Life After Death?
Think about the last time you saw a death scene in a movie. They often involve the dying person talking, slowly and painfully, trying to divulge a secret, or give […]
The Skinny On Calorie Restriction
Last week in my post about the Rate-of-Living Theory of why we age, I expected to tell readers that caloric restriction works for yeast, worms, and rodents, but had never […]
Theories of Aging- Rate-of-Living Theory
My dad and I used to watch the Indianapolis 500 Race each Memorial day. Three and a half hours and 200 laps of excitement. It always happened on Sunday, so we ate […]
The Secret Life of Trees
On my vacation, I made a point to visit the Sequoias in Yosemite’s Mariposa Grove and Sequoia National Park. While taking pictures of the giant General Sherman, or ensconced in […]
The Phoenix Series 