I’m featured in a new cryonics documentary [online now] that airs Monday 10PM ET on Fusion TV. The past year has been great for cryonics: In 2015, Cryonics…

Somewhere between 43-63% of people find their urine has a strong, unusual smell after they eat asparagus. Have you ever wondered why that is? In the late 1980s,…

Ever since cryonics was first conceived of 50 years ago, people have been waiting for scientific proof that it might actually work. Sure, scientists have been able to…

(Cross-posted excerpt from research I did for Raising for Effective Giving.) Professional-level poker and tennis are both competitive endeavors that take years to train for. The size of…

(Cross-posted excerpt from research I did for Raising for Effective Giving.) Amazingly, no one has ever calculated the full economic impact of poker. Some top line statistics on…

Excited to see that Betterment has upped its game by extending tax loss harvesting to all of their customers… including me. I wrote about this before when I…

I recently ate at a trendy health-food joint called Cafe Gratitude that sells $3.25 “live algae” shots. The most interesting thing about these shots is they claim to…

As an effective altruist, I’ve written before about how passionate I am when it comes to identifying and giving to the highest impact charities. So I was really excited this summer to…

Apparently eBay has an option where you can sell things on their platform and have all the proceeds go directly to charity. This includes eBay waiving all their…

Ever wonder how expensive end-of-life care is in the US? Or how cost-competitive cryonics might be for those who felt it offered a superior chance at life? This…

Here are the 8 most fascinating updates from this year’s Rejuvenation Biotechnology Conference… roughly in order of the credibility I place in each: 1. Hepatitis C is Cured…