Royalactin – the substance that turns worker bees into queens

You can never put things in perspective until you measure them. And you need hard, cold numbers for that. Calorie restriction with optimal nutrition is the only robust method in gerontology that reliably prolonged lifespans in many species with an average of 30%. I thought 30% is huge. It’s not. Because after a serendipitous conversation…… Continue reading Royalactin – the substance that turns worker bees into queens

A morbid experiment

They starved so that millions could live. Favored by the possibility of doing their service as conscientious objectors in a country that allowed them to do it, 36 young men set on to experience lab-controlled starvation for the benefit of civilian victims all over the world – without knowing that the study itself was funded…… Continue reading A morbid experiment