Thursday, 2 July 2026

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Who wants to live forever?
The Daily Lead · Longevity

Who wants to live forever?

A drug built to reverse the age of cells has, for the first time, been put into a human. It went into an eye — and what that does and doesn't mean is the whole story.

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Today
Ideas· 3 min

Is London Calling?

Two years of obituaries, mostly written on a millionaire-exodus figure its own authors keep quietly revising down. Underneath the gloom, the money is already moving back.

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Peptides· 3 min

Where do grey-market peptides actually come from?

Bulk powder from Chinese chemical plants, labelled 'research only' to clear customs, paid for in crypto, and policed not by any regulator but by a single lab that fails nearly half of what it tests.

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Peptides· 7 min

The peptides the NHS won't prescribe

Two-year waits and four-figure clinics have pushed thousands into a fast-moving grey market. How it works, who's really in it, and what's coming next.

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AI· 6 min

Can the US switch off your AI overnight?

Build your country or company on a closed American model and access can vanish, by export control, sanction, or a single policy memo. The fix nobody mentions is about who actually holds the model.

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AI· 3 min

Why I run five coding agents and trust none of them

Pick a favourite coding agent and you've already lost the plot. The way to actually ship is to run several, challenge everything, and trust none of them yet.

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Ideas· 7 min

Is extreme wealth actually new?

People rage at the super-rich as if it were a 21st-century invention. It's one of the oldest patterns there is.

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Opinion· 3 min

What is success — and will you pay the price?

Obsession, years of daily execution, and a dose of luck the gurus never mention. An honest look at the cost.

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Fitness· 5 min

Lift heavy or run far?

For a longer life, the research is less either/or than the gym tribes insist. What actually moves the needle.

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