And how to improve as you age
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TOGETHER WITH TRIBETOKES |
TGIF, Nautilus readers! We’re kicking off the weekend with Earth’s moon-like mountains, the helmet that made people see God, and the best landscape photos of the year. |
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Is immortality possible? |
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“There are all these people who say that death is natural, it’s just part of life, and I think that nothing can be further from the truth,” Peter Thiel told Business Insider in 2012. The venture capitalist has spent years backing efforts to slow or defeat aging, and his provocation captures the confidence of a wider Silicon Valley project: Given enough money and biological engineering, death may become just another technical problem to solve. |
Nature, it seems, remains wholly uninspired by Silicon Valley capital. |
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More stories about the fountain of youth: |
► This is life at 400. |
► Why do we have to die? |
► How to improve as you age. |
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There was a time when some doctors considered this pregnancy symptom a harbinger of “idiocy” for the fetus. Which was it? |
A) fainting
B) heartburn
C) constipation
D) nausea and vomiting |
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The way we get our sleep needs met is shaped by cultural learning. There's no single ideal amount of sleep that’s best for everyone. So you can’t use eight hours as a magic number. |
—Psychology professor Steven Heine on the “correct” amount of sleep humans should get |
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