Though the science journalist Michael Pollan called the book "groundbreaking," Brian Muraresku's The Immortality Key is largely a rehash of others' work shaped into a Da Vinci Code–style thriller. To ...

In this week's "It's Debatable" segment, Rick Rosen and Charles Moster debate whether the achievement of human immortality is a legitimate scientific goal. Rosen retired as a professor from the Texas ...

What drives you to create a work of art, have a child, start a company, write a book, mentor a protege, become an activist for a cause you care about, build a skyscraper, donate money to the animal ...

The promise of living forever has haunted human imagination for thousands of years. From ancient myths to alchemy, the idea has always returned, usually cloaked in hope, fear, and ambition. Now, ...