Here's What a Leading Lettuce Breeder Wants You to Know
Timeby Veronique Greenwood20 Aug 2026
In the town of Nipomo on the central coast of California, in Bill Waycott's fields, lettuces of the future are taking root.
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top 84%David Sinclair's Research Is Now Testing Whether Blindness—and Aging—Can Be Reversed
Timeby Alice Park20 Aug 2026
It looked like any other injection an eye doctor might administer. But contained inside was something that no patient had ever received: a cocktail of ingredients designed to change how genes...
Tony Wyss-Coray Is Measuring Biological Age One Organ at a Time
Timeby Dominique Mosbergen20 Aug 2026
It seems odd that your body’s internal age may differ from your chronological one. But Tony Wyss-Coray, a Swiss professor of neurology and director of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at...
Andrea Maier Wants to Solve Longevity's Evidence Problem
Timeby Veronique Greenwood20 Aug 2026
Dr. Andrea Maier realized a fundamental truth about herself when she was in medical school: She was fascinated by old age.
Jamie Justice Is Running a $101 Million Longevity Science Fair
Timeby Alice Park20 Aug 2026
As executive director of the XPRIZE Healthspan competition, Jamie Justice oversees a professional science fair for cutting-edge longevity science around the world.
An Antiaging Medicine Could Already Exist. Nir Barzilai Is On A Mission To Find It
Timeby Dominique Mosbergen20 Aug 2026
Geneticist Nir Barzilai’s work has helped drive a new approach to medicine. Instead of treating individual diseases, his research has supported the idea that targeting the biology of aging with...
What Ovaries Reveal About the Secret Ways Women Age, According to Francesca Duncan
Timeby Dominique Mosbergen20 Aug 2026
Scientists have long been preoccupied by the ovary’s babymaking potential. But mounting evidence suggests the organ is key not just to reproduction, but to a woman’s health span—the years she...
Longevity Is More Genetic than We Thought. That’s a Good Thing
Timeby Veronique Greenwood20 Aug 2026
Living to a great old age seems to run in families. Centenarian studies show that siblings of people who reach 105 are 35 times more likely than average to reach that age themselves.