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From the Bottom of the Sea to the Operating Table
How coral revolutionized human bone repair.
Will Viruses Save Us From Superbugs?
When antibiotics failed a severely ill patient, it was a pond virus that saved him.
Ingenious: Leonard Hayflick
One of the world’s preeminent experts on aging on his life in research.
On Your Birthday, You’re Not Celebrating What You Think
Scientists are trying to study biological aging without defining it, and that’s a problem.
Why You Can’t Help But Act Your Age
The surprising relationship between mindset and getting old.
Natural Selection in an Outbreak
Every time a disease spreads, it has another chance to mutate.
The Trouble with Milk
Only 1 in 3 people have evolved tolerance to lactose.
Alzheimer’s Early Tell
The language of authors who suffered from dementia has a story for the rest of us.
Hallucinogen Therapy Is Coming
How shrooms can spring people from fears and destructive habits.
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