Aging is a Military Coup

The military forces of the United States are not to be deployed within the country.  Many people think it’s a clause in the Constitution, but actually it was an afterthought, enacted into law in 1807, strengthened and clarified by the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878. The Founding Fathers reasoned that government is always in danger … Read more

Retrotransposons: The Lamarckian Link

Today’s offering is not directly related to aging, but I’m an evolutionary biologist and these ideas about the fundamental mechanisms of evolution are compelling to me.  I think a deep shift in the foundations of evolution is imminent.  If some of the following is unfamiliar, I hope you’ll find it worth learning about. I came … Read more