Google hasn’t released a frontier-level Gemini Pro AI model since early 2026, but it sure loves rolling out new Gemini Flash variants. Today, Google is announcing its third Flash model release in just ...

For those hoping to cure death, and they are legion, a 2016 experiment at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego has become liminal — the moment that changed everything. The experiment ...

Modern glaucoma treatments can only preserve a patient’s current level of vision, offering no hope of restoration. A new Phase 1 clinical trial is using gene therapy that could turn back the clock on ...

A newly identified molecule called OLE helped restore the brain’s immune cells to a more protective state in Alzheimer’s models. The treatment reduced toxic plaque buildup and improved memory, raising ...

Promising mouse studies and billions of dollars in funding are stoking excitement. But we’ve been here before. Earlier this week, Life Biosciences, a biotech company focused on reversing age-related ...

A first-of-its-kind shot that promises to reverse aging was just injected into a human body. It's a pivotal moment for longevity science, the first opportunity for researchers to prove that epigenetic ...

Call them short shorts, microfiction, or just flash: these stories are efficient narrative machines. They’ll take only a few minutes of your time, but the best of the genre deliver the gut punch and ...

Every one of us has a unique microbiome — bacteria of many types that have colonized our skin, our gut and every part of our body since we were in the womb — that contribute to our health and ...

The squishy insoles in your favorite pair of sneakers help keep your joints safe from daily wear-and-tear, but over time, that cushioning wears down. The same goes for your cartilage—the fibrous ...

In a bid to treat blindness, Life Biosciences will try out potent cellular reprogramming technology on volunteers. When Elon Musk was at Davos last week, an interviewer asked him if he thought aging ...

The original hero of space opera is up for debate. Chronologically, most would claim that John Carter, of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ novels, starting with A Princess of Mars (1912), is the beginning of the ...

Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into induced cardiomyocytes (iCMs) offers a regenerative strategy for heart repair, but efficiency declines in adult and aged cells. Transcriptomic and epigenetic ...