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Is there a limit on how long humans can live? Read the full article: www.freethink.com/biotech/long...
#Longevity
#Longevity
October 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Is there a limit on how long humans can live? Read the full article: www.freethink.com/biotech/long...
#Longevity
#Longevity
What if you could add 10 healthy years to your life? | R.M. Schneiderman with Joe Betts-LaCroix
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#Longevity
Read the full story here: www.freethink.com/biotech/joe-...
#Longevity
October 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What if you could add 10 healthy years to your life? | R.M. Schneiderman with Joe Betts-LaCroix
Read the full story here: www.freethink.com/biotech/joe-...
#Longevity
Read the full story here: www.freethink.com/biotech/joe-...
#Longevity
Why can we locate a smartphone in seconds, but a jetliner can vanish into the ocean?
Read the full essay: www.freethink.com/opinion/mari...
Read the full essay: www.freethink.com/opinion/mari...
October 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Why can we locate a smartphone in seconds, but a jetliner can vanish into the ocean?
Read the full essay: www.freethink.com/opinion/mari...
Read the full essay: www.freethink.com/opinion/mari...
Freethink's own science and tech writer Kristin Houser on cryopreservation — the tech that already powers IVF and cancer treatments, and could one day end the organ shortage, enable deep-space travel, and maybe even challenge death itself.
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Freethink's own science and tech writer Kristin Houser on cryopreservation — the tech that already powers IVF and cancer treatments, and could one day end the organ shortage, enable deep-space travel, and maybe even challenge death itself.
A feature by biologist and author Andrew Steele that explains how to tell genuine breakthroughs from snake oil—and why the first true anti-aging medicines could be approved within five years.
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A feature by biologist and author Andrew Steele that explains how to tell genuine breakthroughs from snake oil—and why the first true anti-aging medicines could be approved within five years.
An essay from Josie Zayner making a sharp case for embracing mortality.
"We are here because of death. It’s not a flaw in the system — it is the system."
"We are here because of death. It’s not a flaw in the system — it is the system."
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
An essay from Josie Zayner making a sharp case for embracing mortality.
"We are here because of death. It’s not a flaw in the system — it is the system."
"We are here because of death. It’s not a flaw in the system — it is the system."
A deep dive into what animals can tell us about ageing by B. David Zarley.
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A deep dive into what animals can tell us about ageing by B. David Zarley.
A conversation with cardiologist and author Eric Topol on the science of living better in old age.
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
A conversation with cardiologist and author Eric Topol on the science of living better in old age.
The Longevity Issue is live now!
This special issue explores the science and philosophy of living longer with essays and interviews from experts like Eric Topol, B. David Zarley, and Josie Zayner.
Some highlights: 🧵
This special issue explores the science and philosophy of living longer with essays and interviews from experts like Eric Topol, B. David Zarley, and Josie Zayner.
Some highlights: 🧵
October 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Longevity Issue is live now!
This special issue explores the science and philosophy of living longer with essays and interviews from experts like Eric Topol, B. David Zarley, and Josie Zayner.
Some highlights: 🧵
This special issue explores the science and philosophy of living longer with essays and interviews from experts like Eric Topol, B. David Zarley, and Josie Zayner.
Some highlights: 🧵
A dramatization of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" is remembered as history's most infamous radio broadcast.
The problem is... the panic following the broadcast was largely manufactured by news outlets.
#PessimistsArchive
The problem is... the panic following the broadcast was largely manufactured by news outlets.
#PessimistsArchive
September 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A dramatization of H.G. Wells' "The War of the Worlds" is remembered as history's most infamous radio broadcast.
The problem is... the panic following the broadcast was largely manufactured by news outlets.
#PessimistsArchive
The problem is... the panic following the broadcast was largely manufactured by news outlets.
#PessimistsArchive
Anti-gravity could cut decade-long space journeys down to days.
But is it real science or the ultimate disinformation campaign?
Read the full story by Andrew Cote: www.freethink.com/space/anti-g...
But is it real science or the ultimate disinformation campaign?
Read the full story by Andrew Cote: www.freethink.com/space/anti-g...
September 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Anti-gravity could cut decade-long space journeys down to days.
But is it real science or the ultimate disinformation campaign?
Read the full story by Andrew Cote: www.freethink.com/space/anti-g...
But is it real science or the ultimate disinformation campaign?
Read the full story by Andrew Cote: www.freethink.com/space/anti-g...
Can a chatbot’s words truly be treated like human speech — or are we rewriting the First Amendment on fear? #AI #MentalHealth
Read the full article by Christopher Ferguson: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
Read the full article by Christopher Ferguson: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
September 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Can a chatbot’s words truly be treated like human speech — or are we rewriting the First Amendment on fear? #AI #MentalHealth
Read the full article by Christopher Ferguson: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
Read the full article by Christopher Ferguson: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
What does it mean when technology, not evolution, sets the limits of the human body? #Biology #History
Read the full article by Elle Griffin: www.freethink.com/biotech/huma...
Read the full article by Elle Griffin: www.freethink.com/biotech/huma...
September 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
What does it mean when technology, not evolution, sets the limits of the human body? #Biology #History
Read the full article by Elle Griffin: www.freethink.com/biotech/huma...
Read the full article by Elle Griffin: www.freethink.com/biotech/huma...
“What is it that these gut symbionts are doing that can protect us?” #Biology
Read the full article by Namir Khaliq: www.freethink.com/biotech/worm...
Read the full article by Namir Khaliq: www.freethink.com/biotech/worm...
September 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
“What is it that these gut symbionts are doing that can protect us?” #Biology
Read the full article by Namir Khaliq: www.freethink.com/biotech/worm...
Read the full article by Namir Khaliq: www.freethink.com/biotech/worm...
Can AI outperform scientists?
"As AI becomes more adept ... human-led lab experiments are becoming increasingly unnecessary."
Read the full article here: www.freethink.com/biotech/ai-b...
"As AI becomes more adept ... human-led lab experiments are becoming increasingly unnecessary."
Read the full article here: www.freethink.com/biotech/ai-b...
August 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Can AI outperform scientists?
"As AI becomes more adept ... human-led lab experiments are becoming increasingly unnecessary."
Read the full article here: www.freethink.com/biotech/ai-b...
"As AI becomes more adept ... human-led lab experiments are becoming increasingly unnecessary."
Read the full article here: www.freethink.com/biotech/ai-b...
Now, the Sony Walkman is a cultural icon.
But back then it was “a bit Black Mirror."
Read the full article here: www.freethink.com/consumer-tec...
But back then it was “a bit Black Mirror."
Read the full article here: www.freethink.com/consumer-tec...
August 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Now, the Sony Walkman is a cultural icon.
But back then it was “a bit Black Mirror."
Read the full article here: www.freethink.com/consumer-tec...
But back then it was “a bit Black Mirror."
Read the full article here: www.freethink.com/consumer-tec...
Would making AI more human make it smarter?
Read the full interview with @PhilosophyMinis and @birchlse: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
Read the full interview with @PhilosophyMinis and @birchlse: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
August 13, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Would making AI more human make it smarter?
Read the full interview with @PhilosophyMinis and @birchlse: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
Read the full interview with @PhilosophyMinis and @birchlse: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
"AI isn’t going to kill the entertainment industry, but it will end the creative bottleneck."
#Opinion #AI #Automation
#Opinion #AI #Automation
August 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"AI isn’t going to kill the entertainment industry, but it will end the creative bottleneck."
#Opinion #AI #Automation
#Opinion #AI #Automation
What if AI virtual cells could help us decode disease, test medication, and rewrite biology?
Read the latest edition of Future Explored here: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
#FutureExplored #AI #Biology
Read the latest edition of Future Explored here: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
#FutureExplored #AI #Biology
August 4, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What if AI virtual cells could help us decode disease, test medication, and rewrite biology?
Read the latest edition of Future Explored here: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
#FutureExplored #AI #Biology
Read the latest edition of Future Explored here: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
#FutureExplored #AI #Biology
Opinion: The Golden Dome should be built — just not the way Trump imagines.
"Skeptics once thought an Iron Dome was unnecessary. Waves of rockets and missiles proved them wrong."
Read the full article from Gal Winter: www.freethink.com/the-changing...
"Skeptics once thought an Iron Dome was unnecessary. Waves of rockets and missiles proved them wrong."
Read the full article from Gal Winter: www.freethink.com/the-changing...
July 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Opinion: The Golden Dome should be built — just not the way Trump imagines.
"Skeptics once thought an Iron Dome was unnecessary. Waves of rockets and missiles proved them wrong."
Read the full article from Gal Winter: www.freethink.com/the-changing...
"Skeptics once thought an Iron Dome was unnecessary. Waves of rockets and missiles proved them wrong."
Read the full article from Gal Winter: www.freethink.com/the-changing...
What if the real danger isn't AI, it's the humans that control it?
The 2004 movie, "I, Robot" poses a convincing allegory to embrace AI innovation.
Read more: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
The 2004 movie, "I, Robot" poses a convincing allegory to embrace AI innovation.
Read more: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
July 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
What if the real danger isn't AI, it's the humans that control it?
The 2004 movie, "I, Robot" poses a convincing allegory to embrace AI innovation.
Read more: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
The 2004 movie, "I, Robot" poses a convincing allegory to embrace AI innovation.
Read more: www.freethink.com/artificial-i...
For decades, the assumption in discussions around technology is that we cannot stop it. We must simply adapt.
But that assumption is wrong. Categorically wrong.
But that assumption is wrong. Categorically wrong.
July 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
For decades, the assumption in discussions around technology is that we cannot stop it. We must simply adapt.
But that assumption is wrong. Categorically wrong.
But that assumption is wrong. Categorically wrong.
Mark Zuckerberg is stealing top AI engineers with $300 million pay packages.
Here's why big tech is using the sports team playbook:
Here's why big tech is using the sports team playbook:
July 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is stealing top AI engineers with $300 million pay packages.
Here's why big tech is using the sports team playbook:
Here's why big tech is using the sports team playbook:
World Wars and the cost of progress
July 1, 2025 at 5:08 PM
World Wars and the cost of progress