Features Archives - Volume 14

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[b]Figure 1[/b]. Reducing an animal’s daily intake of calories extends their lifespan. For example, rats whose feeding is restricted have been found to live up to 76% longer than rats who can eat all they want. Researchers are now trying to determine whether the same effect can be found in humans. Graphic by Adam Frank.

The Skinny on Life Extension

By Frank Adam

The warm Caribbean air breezed through the sails, gliding the ship along the surface of an aquamarine ocean. The year: 1513. The captain, Juan Ponce de Leon, is sailing about the West Indies in search of a mythical entity: the Fountain of Youth.

Purported to cure illness and sustain eternal youth, the Fountain is a worthy aspiration for any explorer. Ponce de Leon’s quest for immortality took him to present-day St. Augustine, Florida, but no mystical spring awaited him there. Through the gen ...More »

Other articles in this volume:
Issue 1
The “Small Frontier” – Exploring the Atomic Landscape The “Small Frontier” – Exploring the Atomic Landscape

Issue 2
MEDIA REVIEW - [i]Nerve Endings: The Discovery of the Synapse[/i] by Richard Rapport MEDIA REVIEW - Nerve Endings: The Discovery of the Synapse by Richard Rapport
MEDIA REVIEW - [i]Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior[/i] by Jonathan Weiner MEDIA REVIEW - Time, Love, Memory: A Great Biologist and His Quest for the Origins of Behavior by Jonathan Weiner

Issue 3
On the Mountains: High Altitude Sickness in Nepal On the Mountains: High Altitude Sickness in Nepal

Issue 4
The “Guided Missiles”, or the “Guided Micelles”? The “Guided Missiles”, or the “Guided Micelles”?
Antimicrobial Nation: The Benefits and Drawbacks of the Domestic War on Germs Antimicrobial Nation: The Benefits and Drawbacks of the Domestic War on Germs
The Skinny on Life Extension The Skinny on Life Extension
MEDIA REVIEW – [i]A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons[/i], by Robert M. Sapolsky MEDIA REVIEW – A Primate's Memoir: A Neuroscientist's Unconventional Life Among the Baboons, by Robert M. Sapolsky

Issue 5
Cure for the Common Everything: Celebrating 240 Years of American Chocolate Cure for the Common Everything: Celebrating 240 Years of American Chocolate
MEDIA REVIEW - [i]A Short History of Nearly Everything[/i] by Bill Bryson MEDIA REVIEW - A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Water’s Unexpected Self-Loathing Water’s Unexpected Self-Loathing

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