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Eventually, no one will die while waiting for a transplant. But that day is further off than you might think.

Supplements and the people who take them.

Pot is being packaged like fine wines and sold with bold claims about physical and psychological benefits. Does science back up the marketing pitch?

Anorexia may originate in your gut and your DNA, not in fashion magazines. by Christina Farr

Bryan Johnson is convinced that human intelligence needs an upgrade. So he’s putting up $100 million to make it happen.

Sham treatments that work even when you know they’re fakes.

Yuval Noah Harari’s book is right that humans have developed God-like powers, but it’s wrong about the reasons — and it underestimates what will come. by Juan Enriquez

Facing troubling news in his DNA, William Trubridge displays a competitive advantage not found in his genome: equanimity. Final chapter in a three-part series

These people are all researching ways to halt or reverse aging. So what are they doing to help themselves live longer?

A story about a world record-shattering free diver named William Trubridge, the genes that may explain his success, and a company racing to fill in the gaps in our genomic knowledge.

If you ask people around the world how healthy they think they are, you’ll get some surprising answers.

William Trubridge’s genome reveals some of his superpowers — and why his training is riskier than he ever imagined. Part two of a three-part series.

William Trubridge is shredding world records in free diving. Is the secret to his success lurking in his genome?