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Monthly Archives: January 2009
What would you do with a gift of 5 extra years?
We discuss interventions to increase the life span on the blog quite a bit – which makes you ponder what would you do if something actually worked in [..]
60 minutes TV coverage of longevity
Last night the 60 minutes TV show had a segment on the latest longevity research. One leading scientist in the field Richard Weindruch reported on the latest results [..]
Does increased social interactions improve health?
Image via Wikipedia Yesterday, I mentioned how a paper reported that 3 weeks of dietary restriction increases social activity in rats. And we know, from many papers over [..]
Do longevity treatments make you more social?
Image by = xAv = via Flickr Would you be interested in a brain hack that makes you more social? We all want to live a long and [..]
Hourglass VII: biology of aging blog carnival
I am fortunate to be hosting the first Hourglass carnival of 2009, on this historical day of Obama’s inauguration. There is a sense of great hope for both [..]
What is the story, what is your story?
Asking your self these two related questions (what is the story, or what is your story) can be useful at many levels. You can think of it as [..]
Work on something that matters
Image byTim O’Reilly / Flickr via CrunchBase Tim O’Reilly, over at O’Reilly Radar has an very nice post on the value of deciding to work on something that [..]
Another productivity tip – leaving enough in the tank for the next day
Yesterday, I gave you the author Cory Doctorow’s tip about finding 20 uninterrupted minutes each and every day, which is enough for him to write a novel (typically [..]
Simple time hack
Image via Wikipedia Most of us live pretty busy lives and it is hard to find time for various tasks and jobs that you need to get done. [..]
Low cost microscopes added to cell phones – another 2008 health breakthrough
Previously, I have written about a few of the 2008 science breakthroughs (here and here). The ability to build cheap microscopes and adapting them into cell phones may [..]
