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Probiotics: What Actually Works (And What's Expensive Yogurt)

Probiotics: What Actually Works (And What's Expensive Yogurt)

The probiotic industry is worth $60 billion. The clinical evidence supporting most of it is surprisingly thin. Some strains work for specific conditions; most are expensive placebo. Here's how to tell the difference.

Skin, Mouth, and Beyond: The Other Microbiomes

Skin, Mouth, and Beyond: The Other Microbiomes

The gut microbiome is famous, but your skin hosts 1,000+ bacterial species, your mouth harbors 700, and your lungs — once thought sterile — have their own ecosystem. Each one plays a distinct role in health and disease.

The Virome: The Viruses Living Inside You (And Why That's Mostly Fine)

The Virome: The Viruses Living Inside You (And Why That's Mostly Fine)

Not all viruses are threats. Trillions of bacteriophages live inside you, preying on bacteria rather than your cells. The human virome is vast, largely unexplored, and might be doing you more good than harm.

Your Microbiome Is Your Immune System's Teacher

Your Microbiome Is Your Immune System's Teacher

Your immune system didn't figure itself out alone. The trillions of microbes in your gut were its teachers — calibrating tolerance, training responses, and shaping defenses that last a lifetime.

The Nine Hallmarks of Aging: A Framework for Decline

The Nine Hallmarks of Aging: A Framework for Decline

Aging isn't one process — it's at least twelve distinct, interacting forms of cellular breakdown. López-Otín's hallmarks framework is how longevity science organizes the problem of biological decline.

Is Aging a Disease? The Case for Programming

Is Aging a Disease? The Case for Programming

The standard model says aging is entropy — wear and tear accumulating over time. A growing body of evidence says it's a program, with genetic switches and epigenetic drift as the mechanism. That distinction changes what intervention looks like.

Longevity Science

Longevity Science

Why do we age at all? Evolution has no incentive to keep you healthy past reproductive age. Modern longevity science is mapping the molecular mechanisms behind decline — and finding targets that might slow it down.