The Future of Aging Just Might Be in Margaritaville
At the Jimmy Buffett-branded community, a hint at how an increasingly long-lived species might choose to spend its extra decades.
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CreditConcept by Delcan & Company. Photo illustration by Jamie Chung. Prop styling by Pink Sparrow. The ‘Geno-Economists’ Say DNA Can Predict Our Chances of Success
Critics counter that their methods are naïve, offensive or both, but all agree: Either way, multigene testing will lead to a social upheaval.
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CreditIllustration by Brian Rea Proteomics Might Have Saved My Mother’s Life. And It May Yet Save Mine.
The 20,000 or so known proteins in each human body might soon be used as an early warning system for disease.
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CreditConcept by Delcan & Company. Photo illustration by Jamie Chung. Prop styling by Pink Sparrow. The Human Brain Is a Time Traveler
Looking to the future has always defined humanity. Will A.I. become the best crystal ball of all?
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From Gene Editing to A.I., How Will Technology Transform Humanity?
Five big thinkers �� Regina Barzilay, George Church, Jennifer Egan, Catherine Mohr and Siddhartha Mukherjee — puzzle over the future of the future.
By Regina BarzilayGeorge ChurchJennifer EganCatherine Mohr and
CreditIllustration by Brian Rea On Instagram, Seeing Between the (Gender) Lines
Social media has turned out to be the perfect tool for nonbinary people to find — and model — their unique places on the gender spectrum.
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CreditConcept by Delcan & Company Climate Change and the Savage Human Future
Homo sapiens was the first species to alter the environment that sustained us — to the point that it might not sustain us anymore.
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CreditIllustration by Brian Rea Gaming Out a Chance at Motherhood — Later
Advances in fertility medicine offer a tantalizing promise: release from the promise of figuring your whole life out in advance.
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CreditIllustration by Brian Rea 20 Americans Die Each Day Waiting for Organs. Can Pigs Save Them?
Thanks to genetically engineered pigs, the donor-organ shortage could soon be a thing of the past.
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Data-Driven Medicine Will Help People — But Can It Do So Equally?
Technological advances threaten to make a crushingly unequal system even more so.
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CreditIllustration by Brian Rea Intelligent chatbots could automate away nearly all of our commercial interactions — for better or for worse.
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CreditConcept by Delcan & Company. Photo illustration by Jamie Chung. Prop styling by Pink Sparrow. Comedy helps us understand the world. What about the world we’re headed for?
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CreditIllustration by Brian Rea Behind the Cover: What Will Become of Us?
A look at how technology is changing what it means to be human.
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