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Life Extension

Immortality, Inc. 

Meet the wild dreamers and wealthy financiers striving for human immortality.

Brian Doherty | 9.18.2020 6:30 AM

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Reason Roundup

Lawmakers Call Out Cuomo and Other Governors for Letting Prisoners Die of COVID-19

Plus: "Karenology," failing fashion brands, and more...

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.6.2020 9:52 AM

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Comedy

Dave Barry 2020

Florida Man for President

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.12.2019 6:30 AM

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Aging

This One Chart About Global Aging Changes Everything

"For the first time ever there are now more people in the world older than 65 than younger than 5."

Nick Gillespie | 5.1.2019 5:05 PM

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Reason Podcast

Where Are You on the 'Happiness Curve'? Q&A with Jonathan Rauch: Podcast

A fascinating and challenging new book argues that "life gets better after 50."

Nick Gillespie | 5.9.2018 2:15 PM

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Rejuvenation

The Young Blood Cure for Aging?

A Florida physician offers to rejuvenate oldsters with young people's plasma.

Ronald Bailey | 3.2.2018 12:35 PM

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Immortality

Is Immortality Gendered?

Therapies that slow and even reverse aging will be a tremendous boon for both women and men.

Ronald Bailey | 1.26.2018 5:00 PM

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Blood

Draining Millennials of Their Blood to Rejuvenate Boomers

Alkahest's vampire cure for aging experiment yields equivocal results

Ronald Bailey | 11.28.2017 2:01 PM

Celebrities

Getting Nose Jobs with Comedians: Joan Kron's Powerful Argument for Plastic Surgery

Eighty-nine-year-old first-time filmmaker and journalism legend Joan Kron on her new film, Take My Nose...Please!

Nick Gillespie, Mark McDaniel, and Todd Krainin | 9.20.2017 11:20 AM

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Science

Can Science Reverse Aging?

"I plan to live forever," says futurist José Cordeiro.

Ian Keyser and Nick Gillespie | 8.24.2017 12:15 PM

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Rejuvenation

Rejuvenation Using Human Umbilical Cord Blood Plasma

Perhaps this provides a way for avoiding the necessity of draining Millennials of their blood plasma to benefit Baby Boomers.

Ronald Bailey | 4.20.2017 1:45 PM

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Longevity

Is the Cure for Aging Just Around the Corner?

Here's hoping that we've not been born one generation too early.

Ronald Bailey | 3.31.2017 1:30 PM

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Longevity

Rejuvenation By Killing Off Senescent Cells and by Boosting DNA Repair: New at Reason

Two new studies report experiments that successfully reverse aging

Ronald Bailey | 3.31.2017 1:30 PM

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Immortality

Is the Quest to 'Solve Death' Selfishly Immoral?

Some bioethicists think that 75 years of life is enough for you.

Ronald Bailey | 3.27.2017 4:15 PM

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Aging

Good News: Research Confirms Way to Boost Healthy Longevity

Bad news: Most of us have got to eat less to live longer

Ronald Bailey | 1.17.2017 1:40 PM

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Aging

Aging Is a Disease and It's Time to Cure It

After all, none of us is getting any younger.

Ronald Bailey | 12.2.2016 1:30 PM

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Time to Declare Aging a Disease and Get On with Curing It: New at Reason

Who wants to live to be a 100? Someone who is 99 years old. Especially if he feels like a 25 year-old.

Ronald Bailey | 12.2.2016 1:30 PM

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Life expectancy

Americans Are Living Healthier Longer

Nearly 2 years more of disability-free life expectancy

Ronald Bailey | 6.13.2016 11:05 AM

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Japan

Has Japan "Aged Out of Its Economic Miracle"?

Maybe, maybe not, but its immigration and economic policy are clearly to blame for much of its 25-year-long "Lost Decade."

Nick Gillespie | 8.27.2015 2:31 PM

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Science

Larry King Loves Cryonics & Rand Paul (!): "I Want to Be Around to Pick Up the Pieces."

Nick Gillespie | 4.4.2015 11:00 AM

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Aging

When Every Life Is Precious

We value individual human lives more every day. That's (mostly) good news.

Matt Welch | 2.12.2015 8:30 AM

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Pensions

How San Jose Took on the Unions and Saved Millions Through Pension Reform

Q&A with Former City Councilman Pete Constant.

Alexis Garcia | 2.11.2015 10:40 AM

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Check Out On Your Own Terms

Suicide among the elderly may be less tragic than self-empowering

J.D. Tuccille | 2.10.2015 12:01 AM

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Pension Crisis

Public vs. Private Employees On the Pension Crisis: Nobody Wants Responsibility

Emily Ekins | 2.9.2015 4:11 PM

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Pension Crisis

Three Reasons to Fix Public Sector Pensions Now

Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin | 2.6.2015 9:00 AM

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Aging

What If You Could Live for 10,000 years?

Q&A with transhumanist Zoltan Istvan

Zach Weissmueller | 2.6.2015 9:00 AM

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Aging

Do Androids Dream of Changing Bedpans?

Robots to the rescue for Japan's aging population

Peter Suderman | 2.6.2015 9:00 AM

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Health Care

Dying and in Denial

A new book offers a powerful dissection of contemporary end-of-life care, yet misses the underlying problem.

David Goldhill | 2.6.2015 9:00 AM

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Aging

Screwed by Seniors

The people expected to pay for Social Security and Medicare can't afford it.

Veronique de Rugy | 2.6.2015 9:00 AM

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Eternal Youth for All!

Why I want to live forever and you should too.

Ronald Bailey | 2.6.2015 9:00 AM

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Pension Crisis

Reverse Robin Hoods

Public worker pensions rob the young and poor to pay the old and rich.

Steven Greenhut | 2.6.2015 9:00 AM

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Aging

Medicare and Social Security Tabs Coming Due

Unless we want to drown future generations in a sea of red ink, we need to have a serious conversation about the future of entitlements.

Michael Tanner | 2.6.2015 9:00 AM

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Aging

The Vampire Cure for Aging

Watch out Millennials! Baby Boomers are out for blood.

Ronald Bailey | 2.6.2015 9:00 AM

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Aging

Elder Care Doesn't Have to Resemble Prison

Regulations, fear of lawsuits prevent nursing homes from allowing patients basic autonomy

Anthony Fisher | 2.6.2015 9:00 AM

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Aging

The New Old Age: Reason's Special Issue on Aging, Pensions, and Immortality

Reason Staff | 2.6.2015 8:33 AM

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Aging

What Do Americans Think About the Pension Crisis?

Most realize the problems, but they don't want tax increases or spending cuts to fix them.

Scott Shackford | 2.6.2015 8:30 AM

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Life expectancy

Next Generation Will Live to Be 100

"The first person to live to 1,000 might be 60 already," asserts anti-aging researcher Aubrey de Grey

Ronald Bailey | 1.16.2015 12:03 PM

Biotechnology

One Million Dollar Prize to Build New Livers: The Race Is Officially On

Ronald Bailey | 9.16.2014 1:46 PM

Television

One Day Only Old People Will Remember the '90s

History doesn't stop no matter what you yell as you stand athwart it.

Jesse Walker | 7.3.2014 10:01 AM

Life expectancy

CDC: Americans Living Longer Than Ever

Across all groups

Reason Staff | 1.6.2014 6:30 PM

Biotechnology

Harvard Researchers Reverse Aging

Ronald Bailey | 12.27.2013 2:45 PM

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