South By Southwest Interactive is a bubble of optimism; a haven of ingenuity that seems liberated from all the constraints, or cynicism, of daily life. There are conceptual talks here that forgo all ...

Ray Kurzweil, a prominent futurist and inventor, has put forward a provocative forecast: by 2029 humanity could reach what he calls longevity escape velocity, a point where advances in medicine ...

Humanity has heard bold promises about conquering aging before, but few are as provocative as the claim that people could effectively move backward in time within the next four years. At the center of ...