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How scientists want to make you young again

Posted on October 25, 2022 by

25
Oct

A little over 15 years ago, scientists at Kyoto University in Japan made a remarkable discovery. When they added just four proteins to a skin cell and waited about two weeks, some of the cells underwent an unexpected and astounding transformation: they became young again. They turned into stem cells almost identical to the kind […]

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Should we believe in — or even want — immortality?

Posted on October 20, 2022 by

20
Oct

Most of these trials are going to fail, Kirkland said. Most trials do. “People should try to be dispassionate, even though everyone has a stake in this game. I mean, every living person does.” I called the biologist Martin Raff, who retired from University College London 20 years ago, when he was not quite 65. […]

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Technology that lets us speak to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?

Posted on October 18, 2022 by

18
Oct

Scripted bits like this sounded stilted and strange, but as we moved on, with my mother recounting memories and speaking in her own words, “she” sounded far more relaxed and natural. Still, this conversation and the ones that followed were limited—when I tried asking my mum’s bot about her favorite jewelry, for instance, I got: […]

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The growing influence of effective altruism

Posted on October 17, 2022 by

17
Oct

Within effective altruism’s framework, selecting one’s career is just as important as choosing where to make donations. EA defines a professional “fit” by whether a candidate has comparative advantages like exceptional intelligence or an entrepreneurial drive, and if an effective altruist qualifies for a high-paying path, the ethos encourages “earning to give,” or dedicating one’s […]

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Why the sci-fi dream of cryonics never died

Posted on October 14, 2022 by

14
Oct

The environment was something of a shift for Drake, who had spent the previous seven years as the medical response director of the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. Though it was the longtime leader in cryonics, Alcor was still a small nonprofit. It had been freezing the bodies and brains of its members, with the idea […]

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How AI could be used to make life and death decisions

Posted on October 13, 2022 by

13
Oct

By the 2000s, an algorithm had been developed in the US to identify recipients for donated kidneys. But some people were unhappy with how the algorithm had been designed. In 2007, Clive Grawe, a kidney transplant candidate from Los Angeles, told a room full of medical experts that their algorithm was biased against older people […]

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Technology

How scientists want to make you young again

Technology

Should we believe in — or even want — immortality?

Technology

Technology that lets us speak to our dead relatives has arrived. Are we ready?

Technology

The growing influence of effective altruism

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Why the sci-fi dream of cryonics never died

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How AI could be used to make life and death decisions

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