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We Are Still Evolving. That Changes How We Should Think About Longevity.

Genetic evidence shows humans have been under active natural selection as recently as the agricultural transition, and a surprise RNA discovery reveals functional molecules hiding inside genes we thought we understood. Together, these findings complicate the longevity field's assumption that aging is a fixed biological target we can simply engineer around.

April 13, 2026·4 min read
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The Measurement Problem at the Heart of Carbon Removal

Ocean-based carbon removal holds enormous promise, but there's a problem that doesn't get enough attention: we can't yet measure it reliably enough to trust it. The science of verification — unglamorous, unfunded, essential — is the actual bottleneck. And behavioral economics explains exactly why that kind of invisible infrastructure is so hard to prioritize.

April 13, 2026·5 min