Genetics, longevity, mycology
Everything we have published, in one place. Long reads on the science we are building on — written slowly, and honest about what the evidence does not yet support.
Why I talk to my geneticist
I've had my genome read twice: a chip test and true whole-genome sequencing. Neither taught me anything about myself. What did was a person.
She writes on the evidence behind health claims, and reviews the health writing on this site before it publishes.
What your family history already knows
The oldest genetic test is a set of questions about your relatives. Asked properly, they read things no sequencer can.
8 min readThe first genome we ever read was a fungus
Much of what we know about cellular ageing was observed in yeast decades before anyone went looking for it in us.
4 min readThe Evidence-Based Longevity Playbook
Evidence-based strategies associated with longer survival and healthier aging.
11 min readAging as a glass
The body does not wear out so much as seize up. One idea, four places it shows up, and the measurement that would prove it wrong.
8 min readWhat happened to resveratrol
A Nature paper, a $720 million acquisition, a contested mechanism, and capsules still on the shelf. The clearest lesson in how to read a longevity claim.
5 min readNew writing,
straight to you.
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