May 8, 2026
(Washington Post via Yahoo!) – They arrive in cheerful bottles with names that sound like promises – Daily Brain Boost, Brain Drive, Brain guard+. And Americans, in turn, spend billions of dollars each year chasing the idea of a sharper … Read More
May 7, 2026
(NYT) – With cutting-edge sports medicine and sci-fi gadgetry, more and more athletes are figuring out how to extend their careers. All pro athletes eventually reckon with their sports mortality and shift into career-extension mode, but that shift is happening … Read More
April 30, 2026
(NYT) – A “rich face” is stretched taut, often incapable of varied expressions and plumped with filler or implants or a person’s own grafted fat. Once, this face belonged to a villainous class of elites in sci-fi depictions of a … Read More
April 30, 2026
(Washington Post via Yahoo!) – The drug, rapamycin, is approved by the Food and Drug Administration to prevent organ-transplant rejection in people. But recent studies in yeast, flies and mice showed that relatively low doses of the drug often increase … Read More
April 30, 2026
(Vanity Fair) – From pharmaceutical crystal meth to the hormones for pubertymaxxing, these are the Clavicular-endorsed substances that will make your doctor shudder. Countless stories have been written about the quest for an elixir that would grant its drinker immortality. … Read More
April 28, 2026
(Wired) – Nicotine pouches are revered among tech workers, who tout them as the perfect brain-boosting, productivity-jacking stimulants. Tech workers are increasingly attacking their marathon workdays like “racehorses” dosed with significant quantities of purportedly performance-maximizing nicotine, with each 6-mg pouch … Read More
April 27, 2026
(New York Times) – A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging. Many scientists now believe that mastering cellular rejuvenation may be the key to transforming how long and how well we … Read More
April 24, 2026
(NYT) – From the Kremlin to Silicon Valley, some of the most powerful people in the world now want something more: eternal life. But what if the tyrant succeeds in making himself immortal, or in expanding his allotted life span … Read More
March 30, 2026
(The Guardian) – ‘Zombie filler’, or using cadaver tissue that’s been sterilized and branded as Alloclae, is the latest cosmetic surgery rage. Is it safe? And there’s something new on the menu: a state-of-the-art procedure that employs “cadaveric adipose tissue” … Read More
March 30, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – Cryonic preservation is pricey and might never work. Some people think it’s worth it anyway. Over the past few years, I’ve spoken to people who run cryonics facilities, study cryopreservation, or just want to be cryogenically … Read More
March 30, 2026
(NYT) – The decision is the most significant since Kirsty Coventry was elected last year to serve as president of the I.O.C. Under the new policy eligibility will be determined by a one-time gene test, according to the I.O.C. The … Read More
March 27, 2026
(WSJ) – The beauty industry is seizing on anxiety about the wrinkles from excessive scrolling; ‘I am too young for this.’ Technology has been accused of everything from spiraling anxiety to vanishing attention spans to social isolation. Now, it has … Read More
March 20, 2026
(Wired) – Low testosterone was once thought of as an issue largely for older men, but there is now a growing collective obsession with having “High T,” fueled by manosphere influencers and closely tied to the Make America Healthy Again … Read More
March 18, 2026
(WSJ) – Landlords leased more space last year to service-oriented tenants than those selling products, with wellness and fitness leading the charge When Americans are out shopping these days, they are more likely to be buying Botox or boxing lessons … Read More
March 18, 2026
(The Pilot) – How can rapid advancements in medical technology, questions about the criteria for brain death and the rise of transhumanism be considered within a Catholic framework? Charlie Camosy recently spoke on this topic with Gabriel LeBeau, a second-year … Read More
March 18, 2026
(Derek Thompson Substack) – The quantified life has become a modern religion. But many of us are measuring life the wrong way. In the late 19th century, the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche famously criticized religion in part because he claimed its … Read More
March 9, 2026
(WSJ) – Facing a $100 million revenue gap after federal budget cuts, one California affiliate looks beyond reproductive health to attract a new clientele Planned Parenthood Mar Monte, the largest affiliate of the national abortion provider, is overhauling its business … Read More
March 4, 2026
(Reuters via Yahoo!) – Jesus will still love you as you age, even if you have a few wrinkles on your face, according to a Vatican document issued on Wednesday. In a new text approved by Pope Leo, a top … Read More
February 26, 2026
(NPR) – These synthetic peptides are growing popular among biohackers and wellness influencers. They take them, often via injection, in hopes they’ll enhance athletic performance and optimize health… …But there are risks when using substances that aren’t approved by the … Read More
February 20, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Today’s longevity-medicine movement is driven by the same aggressive desire for eternal youth as the mythic stories of old. But whereas in earlier times ideas about wellness could travel only as fast as the people who held … Read More
February 20, 2026
(Rest of World) – There is growing demand for recreating dead and absent family members for events using AI. Sharma is among a growing number of Indians discovering the power of AI deepfakes to resurrect dead family members, create voice … Read More
February 19, 2026
(New York Times) – Last summer, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he could tell that someone was having “mitochondrial challenges” just by looking at them. The nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, features mitochondria prominently in her … Read More
January 30, 2026
(The Atlantic) – Whether the goal of these clinics is to treat low T or jack levels up to the max isn’t clear. Many encourage men to aim for excessive T, Michael Irwig, an endocrinologist at Harvard Medical School, told … Read More
January 28, 2026
(MIT Technology Review) – In a bid to treat blindness, Life Biosciences will try out potent cellular reprogramming technology on volunteers. ER-100 turns out to be the code name of a treatment created by Life Biosciences, a small Boston startup … Read More
January 26, 2026
(Washington Post via MSN) – Safety standards have improved since the industry’s early days in China, when botched surgeries and unlicensed aesthetic products were commonplace. But the combination of social media, cosmetic clinics trawling for business in a competitive market … Read More
