How alcohol consumption effects longevity — take the quiz!
Here’s a fun app from my friends over at 100Plus, the company (I’m an advisor). They are releasing this app at SXSW, but you can try it out even if you’re not attending.
Data to Kill Death
Here’s a great article by Forbes columnist Bruno Aziza on big data and staying healthy. It also mentions 100Plus, a cool new company started by Chris Hogg that focuses on predicting your health. If you’re an engineer, designer, data hacker
100 Plus Featured on CBS ‘This Morning’ with Charlie Rose and Gayle King
Below is the video and here you will find the article that goes along with it. Jeff Glor, the correspondent who interviewed me, Peter Thiel, and Cynthia Kenyon, was super-smart and did a great job.
Arrison’s 100 Plus featured on the Today Show
Here’s the entire segment which also features Dr. Aubrey de Grey and Dr. Bill Andrews. (100 Plus bit is at the 2:18 mark) Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Upcoming documentary: “The Methuselah Generation: The Science of Living Forever”
Donate to the The Methuselah Generation documentary and get a signed copy of my book.
The age at which scientists produce their most valuable work has been increasing
This is an interesting article from The Scientist. Here’s an excerpt: According to economists Benjamin Jones and Bruce Weinberg, young scientists making groundbreaking contributions to their fields are becoming an endangered breed. In a study published November 7th in the
Mayo Clinic study shows the plasticity of aging
This is the latest in a series of studies to show that aging can be manipulated. If scientists were able to do for humans what these Mayo Clinic researchers did for mice, many more people would be in much better
This week: Fortune MPW, Guest Blogging at the Volokh Conspiracy
There is a lot going on this week, reminding me once again of how I’d like to have more time. I’m in southern California today attending the Fortune Most Powerful Women conference and I’m also guest blogging over at the
SENS5 talk with Aubrey de Grey
At the recent SENS5 conference, Aubrey de Grey interviewed me about 100 Plus. It’s in a two-part series below. Part 1: Part 2:
Living And Working To 100
Here’s an article by Fast Company blogger Alice Korngold about how living past 100 will effect work and retraining markets.
Changing the Mythology
Here is a review of 100 Plus that came out in August while I was on the road promoting the book. Fight Aging is a good source for longevity news and I recommend visiting the site if you are interested
Singularity Hub reviews 100+
Aaron Saenz at Singularity Hub writes a thoughtful review of 100+: What would you do with another 75 years on this Earth? Not as a pain wracked wizened elder in a nursing home, but as a vibrant super-centenarian with the
Research opens the possibility of temporarily reversing aging in the immune system
Researchers funded by the UK-based Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have discovered a new mechanism controlling ageing in white blood cells. The research, published in the September issue of the Journal of Immunology, opens up the possibility of
America: It’s Time to Snap Out of the Pro-Death Trance
A Swedish hospital recently announced that a cancer patient was saved after doctors grew him a new windpipe in the lab using a synthetic structure and the man’s own stem cells. That might have sounded like science fiction just a
Marathon Swimmer: “60 is the middle of middle age”
The NYT has a great article today about 61 year old Diana Nyad who is planning on swimming 60 hours straight with no sleep from Cuba to Key West. It’s a trek this record-holder attempted at age 28, but failed.
Live Very Long and Prosper a Lot
Here’s an interview I did with Rick Docksai, assistant editor for THE FUTURIST. We talk about longevity and my upcoming book, 100 Plus.
Who wants to live forever? Scientist sees aging cured
Here is an article from Reuters reporting on Aubrey de Grey’s lecture at Britain’s Royal Institution academy of science.
Increased Average Longevity among the “Tour de France” Cyclists
A new study published in the International Journal of Sports Medicine notes that Tour de France” Cyclists live longer than the general population, despite the view that extreme exercise is detrimental to long term health. The authors write: The age
Bay Area politicians aging well
Nancy Pelosi is 70 years old and aiming to run as minority leader despite the huge losses the Dems suffered under her majority leadership. Even if you disagree with her politics, you can’t help but notice that she looks pretty
Uncovering the genetic signature of longevity
Thomas Perls, Paola Sebastiani, and others recently published work that finds 70 genes to be involved in longevity (WSJ article). Using these genes, scientists could predict with 77% accuracy who would be exceptionally long-lived. Given this evidence, I wonder what