The Aging Process

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September 19, 2006 • 7:02 am PDT
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Upset that your time on earth is only going to last, at maximum, 90 or so years? Maybe you should check out the Methuselah Foundation, a group dedicated to finding a way to counteract the aging process (for those of you who haven't brushed up on your bible, Methuselah was Noah's grandfather who lived to 969, the longest recorded age in the bible. Note that this is speculation, and has not been confirmed by science).

If you think the Methuselah Foundation sounds a little out there, fear not: they just got a huge grant from the man who founded PayPal. We'll be living to 1000 in no time. We can't wait to drag our wizened bodies around for 900 extra years.

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