As we learn more about how we evolved and accelerate our technical know-how, some are wondering if we can use science and technology to overcome our limitations.

Biohacking is the next big craze for those obsessed with taking charge of their health beyond just diet and exercise. But while it sounds like science, there's no evidence it actually works.

There's a certain complacency implied by treating aging as a natural part of life that just needs to be taken in stride. It's time to change how we think about growing older.

A study from South Korea claims that castration can add years of male life expectancy. But on further analysis, there may be some issues with how it arrived at this conclusion.

A popular philosophical objection to life extension is that it would allow terrible people to live longer. The problem is that there will always be terrible people.

A philosopher turns transhumanism into a parade of horrors on loan from dystopian sci-fi movies.

While thinking of our bodies as divine or entirely in utilitarian terms is unhealthy, there is a middle ground to consider.

Transhumanism is a common theme in comic books. But which one of the scenarios they present has the most scientific merit?

Michael Anissimov has had it with transhumanists ready to hurry up and wait for technology to solve every problem humanity faces by merely existing.

It's one thing to criticize junk science or lack of detail when it comes to transhumanism. It's something else to dismiss the entire concept based on glorified statism and fatalism.

A popular criticism of radical life extension is that society and life cycles would break down. But that's not what happens in organisms whose lives we dramatically increased in the lab.

A number of researchers and utopian pundits are promising radical life extension, if not unlimited lifespans. But the science behind their claims is shaky to non-existent.

Would you pay $6,000 for advice from a doctor who claims he could help you live longer by making it up as he goes along?