Immortality

Photo by A. Winkelman - taken at Cotopaxi National Park, Ecuador

"If you care about your reproductive legacy, the secret of immortality is to stay put and outlive your neighbours, then plant your seed in their place." She is speaking, of course, about the Great Basin Bristlecone Pine.

Ageing - the long and short of it by Caroline Wood.

But whether or not we can artificially extend our lifespans, Daniel Munro offers some personal philosophy: "We are already a very long-lived species and should not seek what we don't have."