Toughest, and Funnest, Pet?
If you can get past the smell of sulfur and brine, a swim in the Great Salt Lake is a swim with some of the planet’s toughest creatures, brine […]
Tag Archives: biology
Why Men Die Young
We all know that men are more likely to die due to accidents, disease, or suicide, but there are also biological reasons men die sooner: Bigger body size- Women tend […]
Ethics of Editing Genes
If you have a mutation in one gene that makes you sick, wouldn’t it be great to cut it out? There has been progress to do just that. A new […]
Is Chocolate Making You Old?
We know smoking makes you age faster, but what about your chocolate bar? Cadmium, a chemical found in tobacco smoke, contaminated food, and air pollution, has been linked to inflammation, […]
Theories of Aging- It’s Just Hormones
From experience or textbooks, we all know that hormone levels change as we age. From my co-worker who experiences “personal summers” and fans herself with several sheets of paper during […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Phoenix Series 