Immortality Is Impossible. Blame the Physics of Aging, Scientists Say

Bryan Johnson is a software entrepreneur who spends about $2 million a year trying to make his 45-year-old body look and function as though it were 18 again. He employs more than 30 doctors and health care experts who track his every bodily function. He takes more than 110 vitamins a day. He monitors the purity of everything he eats. Basically, he’s made the pursuit of agelessness his full-time job. Along the way, he’s creating a blueprint from what he learns to help other people keep their bodies young for longer—if they have the resources to replicate his complicated and expensive approach. Johnson is just one of many über rich people spending billions to prevent themselves from growing old. But eventually, they may run up against a fierce obstacle in their quest for eternal youth: the laws of physics. [View in Browser]( [Popular Mechanics]( [SHOP]( [EXCLUSIVE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [Immortality Is Impossible. Blame the Physics of Aging, Scientists Say]( [Immortality Is Impossible. Blame the Physics of Aging, Scientists Say]( [Immortality Is Impossible. Blame the Physics of Aging, Scientists Say]( Bryan Johnson is a software entrepreneur who spends about $2 million a year trying to make his 45-year-old body look and function as though it were 18 again. He employs more than 30 doctors and health care experts who track his every bodily function. He takes more than 110 vitamins a day. He monitors the purity of everything he eats. Basically, he’s made the pursuit of agelessness his full-time job. Along the way, he’s creating a blueprint from what he learns to help other people keep their bodies young for longer—if they have the resources to replicate his complicated and expensive approach. Johnson is just one of many über rich people spending billions to prevent themselves from growing old. But eventually, they may run up against a fierce obstacle in their quest for eternal youth: the laws of physics. Bryan Johnson is a software entrepreneur who spends about $2 million a year trying to make his 45-year-old body look and function as though it were 18 again. He employs more than 30 doctors and health care experts who track his every bodily function. He takes more than 110 vitamins a day. He monitors the purity of everything he eats. Basically, he’s made the pursuit of agelessness his full-time job. Along the way, he’s creating a blueprint from what he learns to help other people keep their bodies young for longer—if they have the resources to replicate his complicated and expensive approach. Johnson is just one of many über rich people spending billions to prevent themselves from growing old. But eventually, they may run up against a fierce obstacle in their quest for eternal youth: the laws of physics. [Read More]( [Read More]( [Inside the Fortress That Protects the World’s Ancient Manuscripts]( [Inside the Fortress That Protects the World’s Ancient Manuscripts]( Since the Middle Ages, scriptoria have preserved manuscripts for future generations. Armenia’s Matenadaran continues that tradition. [Read More]( [Alternate text] [Alternate text] [The Möbius Mystery Has Stumped Mathematicians for 46 Years. Finally, It's Solved.]( [The Möbius Mystery Has Stumped Mathematicians for 46 Years. Finally, It's Solved.]( A Möbius strip is more than a fascinating image—it’s also a mathematical wonder. [Read More]( [Ukrainian Troops Low-Key Hate Their Slapped-Together Armored Vehicles]( Ukrainian Troops Low-Key Hate Their Slapped-Together Armored Vehicles]( More iteration on the same theme is not always better. [Read More]( [Alternate text] [Alternate text] [Fairy Circles May Now Exist in 15 Countries. We Still Don't Understand Them.]( [Fairy Circles May Now Exist in 15 Countries. We Still Don't Understand Them.]( These strange formations, commonly found in the arid landscapes of Namibia and Western Australia, are likely more widespread than we ever believed. [Read More]( [What You Need to Know About ChatGPT’s Latest Updates]( [What You Need to Know About ChatGPT’s Latest Updates]( You can now talk directly to the AI tool and analyze images. [Read More]( [Alternate text] [POP Membership]( [LiveIntent Logo]( [AdChoices Logo]( Follow Us [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Notice]( | [CA Notice at Collection]( Popular Mechanics is a publication of Hearst Magazines. ©2023 Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This email was sent by Hearst Magazines, 300 West 57th Street, New York, NY 10019-3779