One DNA research pioneer's new Human Longevity company offers an extensive $25,000 physical exam that includes MRIs, ultrasounds, blood tests, and cognitive exams. By gathering this data from enough people, he hopes to be able to get a more complete picture of when death may occur and how to postpone it.

Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son has again predicted the technological singularity will occur by 2047, claiming a single computer chip will have an IQ equivalent to 10,000 by then. Like several others, Son thinks the key to managing this superintelligence will be finding ways to work with it, making it our partner in creating a better life.

Researchers have discovered what they believe to be fossils of microbes that existed 3.77 billion years ago, which, if confirmed, would be the oldest fossil evidence on record. These microbes would have lived when the Earth was very young and very chaotic, so their confirmation would force us to reconsider what we think of as the conditions for life.

Induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells may be the key to reversing aging in hematopoietic stem cells. The technique is also particularly useful for combating blood-related cancers and other disorders.