For years, futurists have attempted to predict when, in the future, we will finally achieve the “technological singularity’’ — a technological breakthrough so profound, it changes the course of humanity. Specifically, futurists have been talking about the moment when super-human artificial intelligence becomes reality. …

Both public and scholarly interest in aging research has been growing rapidly over recent years. This has triggered a proliferation of anti-aging technologies and aging interventions, ranging from simple lifestyle changes aimed at slowing aging all the way to radical regenerative technologies that may someday turn back our biological clocks…

Geroscience, the science of aging, is a relatively young field. Despite steady increases in life expectancy across much of the globe, we have yet to see any drastic leaps or breakthroughs in human lifespan extension. Neither have we seen radical augmentations of the human healthspan — the length of time…