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Live forever: Scientists say they’ll extend life ‘well beyond 120’

Live forever: Scientists say they’ll extend life ‘well beyond 120’
In Palo Alto in the heart of Silicon Valley, hedge fund manager Joon Yun is doing a back-of-the-envelope calculation. According to US social security data, he says, the probability of a 25-year-old dying before their 26th birthday is 0.1%. If we could keep that risk constant throughout life instead of it rising due to age-related disease, the average person would – statistically speaking – live 1,000 years. Yun finds the prospect tantalising and even believable. Yun believes it is possible to “solve ageing” and get people to live, healthily, more or less indefinitely. Yun’s quest – a modern version of the age old dream of tapping the fountain of youth – is emblematic of the current enthusiasm to disrupt death sweeping Silicon Valley. In March 2014, pioneering American biologist and technologist Craig Venter – along with the tech entrepreneur founder of the X Prize Foundation, Peter Diamandis – announced a new company called Human Longevity Inc. Peter Thiel Sergey Brin Larry Ellison Related:  know about worldHealth body

Might Alien Life Evolve Like the Incredible Octopus? by Natalie Shoemaker Consider the octopus: a creepy skeleton-less creature with limbs that have regenerative properties and a mind of their own. Its structure — inside and out — makes it like no other animal on earth. As a part of the Mollusca phylum, the octopus seems so far removed from its clam cousin. Neurobiologist Benny Hochner, from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel, talked about this oddity in an interview with Alison Abbott from Nature: “Very simple molluscs like the clam — they just sit in the mud, filtering food. Scientists have marveled at the octopus for years, and now they've taken the time to delve deeper into its biology by decoding its genome. "The octopus appears so utterly different from all other animals, even ones it's related to, that the British zoologist Martin Wells famously called it an alien. “It’s important for us to know the genome, because it gives us insights into how the sophisticated cognitive skills of octopuses evolved.”

Innovative Brain Imaging Combines Sound And Light Lihong Wang uses light and sound to create highly detailed images of the living brain. Chris Nickels for NPR hide caption toggle caption Chris Nickels for NPR Lihong Wang uses light and sound to create highly detailed images of the living brain. Chris Nickels for NPR Lihong Wang creates the sort of medical technology you'd expect to find on the starship Enterprise. Wang, a professor of biomedical engineering at Washington University in St. "It's really about turning some of these ideas that we thought were science fiction into fact," says Richard Conroy, who directs the Division of Applied Science & Technology at the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. Wang's ultimate goal is to use a combination of light and sound to solve the mysteries of the human brain. Wang describes himself as a toolmaker. "We want to conquer the brain," Wang says. Current brain-imaging techniques such as functional MRI or PET scans all have drawbacks. Wang's initial idea was to use light.

Pluto’s misbehaving moons Isaac Newton was hardly used to failure. The moon beat him, though. In 1695, Newton attacked what has since become known as the “three-body problem,” trying to predict the moon’s motion using his new universal law of gravitation. Misbehaving moons are with us still. Continue reading below Even if you knew the current position and all the forces acting on them, no combination of precision observation and rigorous calculation will be able to tell you which side of Hydra or Nix will face Pluto past some defined and very finite amount of time into the future. These two chaotic moons engage a mystery as old as human fascination with the motions of the heavens: Will tomorrow reveal the same order as we see today? In the case of Nix and Hydra, the answer is not much. Continue reading it below Most important, there’s nothing special about this pattern of behavior. This unpredictability leads to a bigger question, one that at least implicitly is behind Newton’s misery. Isaac Newton wasn’t sure.

3 Ways You Are Unknowingly Stressing Your Back In most cases of back pain, poor posture is to blame. For those who maintain good posture while standing, it’s important to remember that you need to maintain good posture in any position you put your body into for extended (or frequent) periods of time. By being mindful of how you are holding your body in these common but overlooked body positions, you will not only reduce your level of pain but also maintain a healthy back for life. Driving Between commuting, traffic and short jaunts around town, the time you spend in the car really adds up. The default car posture for most folks is a curling position where their lumbar-pelvic area tucks forward and their upper back and head lean forward. Yes! Couch Computing In this era of laptops, tablets and smartphones it’s easier than ever to curl up on the couch and start surfing the interwebs for hours on end. No! ….Better. Text Neck Text Neck is insidious and pervasive.

Galactic perspective The human species is great, but its tendency to claim superiority may be its affliction. View these photos and challenge your perspective. The human race has an affliction of assumed superiority. What didn’t happen with this ‘so-called’ jump in evolution, however, was the capability to live from a space of compassion, commune with nature, and respect (or easily perceive) the innate force that ties all together. While human beings continue to transcend previous levels of innovation, intellect, and comprehension in self and the ‘Spirit’ of life, as a collective their air of superiority still reins supreme. Which is why we suggest everyone take a good, long look at the photos gathered by diply below and really size up their existence in proportion to the majesty which exists in the rest of the universe. First, let’s start off with YOU. Credit: Diply At 30,000 feet, this is what you look like: Credit: Flickr / Benjy At 100,000 feet, this is you: Credit: Wikipedia Credit: Gen Beta Credit: Iz / Smile

Dr Weil's Anti-Inflammatory Diet Food Pyramid HEALTHY SWEETS How much: Sparingly Healthy choices: Unsweetened dried fruit, dark chocolate, fruit sorbet Why: Dark chocolate provides polyphenols with antioxidant activity. Choose dark chocolate with at least 70 percent pure cocoa and have an ounce a few times a week. Fruit sorbet is a better option than other frozen desserts. RED WINE How much: Optional, no more than 1-2 glasses per day Healthy choices: Organic red wine Why: Red wine has beneficial antioxidant activity. Limit intake to no more than 1-2 servings per day. If you do not drink alcohol, do not start. SUPPLEMENTS How much: Daily Healthy choices: High quality multivitamin/multimineral that includes key antioxidants (vitamin C, vitamin E, mixed carotenoids, and selenium); co-enzyme Q10; 2-3 grams of a molecularly distilled fish oil; 2,000 IU of vitamin D3 Why: Supplements help fill any gaps in your diet when you are unable to get your daily requirement of micronutrients. Additional Item:

Geology.com: News and Information for Geology & Earth Science The Real Reason Your Neck and Upper Back Hurt If you are alive, you have probably experienced neck and upper back pain at some point in your life. For many it is a chronic issue that causes daily discomfort and has serious long term consequences. The irony of back pain is that it is usually not caused by your back at all but by the front of your body. Forward Head Posture Forward head posture is when the head protrudes forward of the shoulders as imaged below. In attempt to manage the extreme load imposed by your forward head posture, the muscles of your neck and upper back end up spending each day in an all out struggle to keep your head from falling any more forward. The solution lies in stretching and opening the muscles of the front of the body, chest and neck as well as strengthening the muscles of our upper back and neck. Supported Upper Back Bend Physioball Supported Back Bend: Place a rolled yoga mat under your spine. Door Frame Chest Stretch Posture Wall Press

Scientist: Eruption Of Yellowstone Super Volcano Would Be 2,000 Times The Size Of Mount St. Helens SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (CBS Las Vegas) — A super volcano underneath Yellowstone National Park has the potential to cause worldwide climate damage if and when it erupts. Speaking to BBC Radio, Dr. James Farrell of the University of Utah said that an eruption from this super volcano would be 2,000 times the size of the Mount St. Helens eruption in 1980. “We know there’s been these really large volcanic eruptions in the past and what we’re seeing now matches that,” Farrell said. “We see that there is indeed a large magma reservoir and that there is the potential for large volcanic eruptions in the future, although that would be in the far future.” A recent scientific study indicates that the underground volcano is nearly 2.5 times bigger than originally thought, stretching more than 55 miles beneath the surface. “The real consequence of this new discovery is that what we see using these geophysical methods really matches what we see in the geologic past,” Farrell told BBC Radio.

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