Gregory Benford of Genescient on his company, how it bred "Methuselah flies" with 5 times the normal lifespan of normal fruit flies, and what this could mean for humans.
Biogerontologist Aubrey de Grey, CSO of the SENS Foundation, on the similarities and differences between the Singularity and the concept of longevity escape velocity.
Cambridge researcher Aubrey de Grey argues that aging is merely a disease -- and a curable one at that. Humans age in seven basic ways, he says, all of which can be averted.