Category: Future of Aging

Remember cryonics, the “freeze me now, wake me later” idea? News of a worm reviving after 46,000 years in Siberian permafrost reminded me of this once-futuristic concept. Popular in sci-fi since the 1930s (think Buck Rogers), it was first implemented in the 1960s, offering a shot at extreme longevity by preserving bodies after death for […]

A good friend of mine, Rebeccah (hi Rebeccah), is an urban designer, and she tells one of my favorite stories to repeat: Northern Virginia has more helicopter pads than anywhere else in the country. Why? Because urban designers in the 1950s were convinced that helicopters were the future of transportation—soon, everyone would be using them. […]