The following guest article is authored by Aubrey de Grey.
It was previously published in Volume 12, Number 6 of the journal Rejuvenation Research (2009).
The Einsteinian anti-aging imperative
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler”
Albert Einstein
You don’t need to be a biologist to know that a lot of bad things happen to our [...]

The following guest article is authored by David Pearce:
The End of Suffering?
“During the minute it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive; others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear; others are being slowly devoured from within by rasping parasites; thousands of all kinds are dying from starvation, [...]

Nowadays there’s lots of discussion about Apple’s iPhone, and Google’s Nexus One Android.  These are among the latest smartphones, which place all kinds of interesting new functionality into the hands of users.  They’ve generated lots of excitement.  In some ways, they’re great poster children for technology.
My own history is that I was part of the [...]