The Immortality Diet: How Diet and Age Intersect Katherine Wu Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine We are not meant to live forever. But for as long as life has existed, organisms have been battling to forestall death by any means possible. The diet industry has promised many things--but can it add...
Top Science Reads for Summer: On Immortality, Mortality, Germs and Justice Katherine Wu Science, Science & Medicine Our Microbiology and Immunology Correspondent Katherine Wu shares the reads that have meant the most to her.
We are Not as Alone as We Think Dr. Dennis Kasper and Katherine Wu Medicine, Science, Science & Medicine We are not as alone as we think—microbially speaking. In the past few years, scientists have made enormous strides in the field of microbiome research. In our body, bacterial genes outnumber human genes by...