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Category Archives: Immortality

Your Age and Music

May 22, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

It’s my birthday today, and according to a new study based on music people stream on Spotify, I’m at the edge of where I will stop liking popular music. The […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

The Price of Being “Smart”

January 3, 2015by lalancaster Leave a comment

According to Mensa International, two out of every one hundred people are considered geniuses. So out of every 100,000 people on earth 2,000 are extraordinary. Last week I discussed one of the most commonly cited […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Population Bomb-Destructive or Dud

December 20, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

When I created a poll based on my novel to find out what kind of immortal people would choose to be, the poll measured people’s attitudes toward biological immortality. It […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Clone Your Best Friend?

November 14, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

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. […]

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Biology, Genetics, Immortality

The Secret Life of Trees

September 25, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

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 […]

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Aging, Biology, Immortality

The Gold-Immortality Link

August 24, 2014by lalancaster 2 Comments

Alchemy is an early forerunner of chemistry said to have developed within Babylonian Culture. It was such an attractive discipline, it passed through Egypt, the Islamic world and China before […]

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Culture and Society, Immortality

Killing Death- Could Not Be Determined

July 11, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

Now that I’m starting my new series, Theories of Aging, I thought I would end the Killing Death Series. As you can see in the image above, I’ve discussed how, and […]

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Death, Immortality

Killing Death- Pending Investigation

June 26, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

Note: This blog is part of an ongoing series examining the manners of death on the Alaska death certificate and exploring what it might take to abolish them.  Even if […]

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Immortality

Killing Death- Homicide

May 18, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

A recent homicide shook Alaskans and the rest of the country. On May first, two state troopers, dispatched from Fairbanks, were shot and killed in the tiny village of Tanana. […]

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Culture and Society, Death, Immortality

Poll Results- Who wants to live forever?

April 17, 2014by lalancaster Leave a comment

The results are in! Last week I asked you and the rest of the internet, “Would YOU like to live forever?” It was a short time frame, but I managed […]

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Aging, Culture and Society, Death, Immortality

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