Surviving the Nuclear Apocalypse, or Just Aging Better
Would you introduce another organism’s genes into your own body in order to age more slowly? What if the genes could reduce radiation damage? Recently, researchers made a discovery that […]
Would you introduce another organism’s genes into your own body in order to age more slowly? What if the genes could reduce radiation damage? Recently, researchers made a discovery that […]
If you doubt the power of the written word, look at one of biotech’s recent controversies. In this blog, I’ve mentioned CRISPR, the gene editing technology that . Like many scientific endeavors, it […]
Antioxidants are everywhere, in supplements, super foods, teas, and for good reason, they may slow or reduce the ravages of aging. Click here for more. Antioxidants reduce the free radicals produced by normal metabolism […]
I thought that I heard that first-born children were longer lived and I was going to write this post in order to rub it in to my two younger brothers. […]
Some of my writer friends build their characters based on personality types. Whether they choose to set two characters on opposite ends of the Meyers-Briggs evaluation, or pit type A […]
My grandmother has Alzheimer’s disease. She is afraid to take a shower. She talks about her long dead father as if he is still alive. When she is at her […]
It’s northern light season here in Fairbanks. I see them sometimes when I run outside to my outhouse and run back (it’s -35 F right now). Most displays last a […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]