MIT Technology Review
A new contest invites 500 people to reverse their biological age over six months, complete with a leaderboard, because nothing motivates like public shaming of your own cellular decline.
ScienceDaily
Bats live for ages without getting cancer, and scientists have finally figured out they're basically running on a high-octane immune system and a 'kill the damaged cell' policy that would make an elephant proud.
MIT Technology Review
A startup claims its mystery drug combo turns back aging, but refuses to reveal the ingredients - because nothing says 'trust us' like a secret elixir.
ScienceDaily
Scientists discover that Greenland sharks, the longest-living vertebrates, may not be blind after all - their eyes are just fine, thank you, and might hold secrets to human longevity.
MIT Technology Review
Montana now lets biotech companies sell experimental drugs to anyone with $12,500 and a pulse, because who needs the FDA when you have a review board funded by the companies it reviews?
The Guardian Europe
A deep dive into how 'longevity culture' is just rebranded ageism, complete with lab coats, off-label drugs, and Silicon Valley dreams of immortality.
The Verge
Bryan Johnson, the $2M-a-year biohacker, gets autoimmune gastritis; wellness influencers celebrate, but the real story is the relatable struggle of chronic illness diagnosis.
MIT Technology Review
David Sinclair plans to test an oral 'reprogramming' drug for whole-body rejuvenation in the $101 million XPrize Healthspan Competition, aiming to show a 10-year age reversal in one year - because who wouldn't want to be a decade younger in just 365…
BBC Health
New research confirms that 90 minutes to two hours of weekly weight training can lower your risk of early death, especially from heart disease and dementia - because apparently, the secret to longevity is just picking heavy things up and putting…
ScienceDaily
Scientists gave mice a naked mole rat gene, and the mice got a 4.4% longer lifespan and fewer tumors - proof that ugly rodents may hold the keys to not dying quite so fast.
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