Identity, Presence and the Ageless Avatar in Social Virtual Worlds.    So, who are we as avatars?  For many of us, we have that “ageless” look—a largely socially constructed vision of youthfulness, good health, and gender perfection.  And why not? . . . If it is possible, then do it . . . right?  But […]

Ideas around the world Today we're celebrating Ideas from across the world and all walks in life. We'll discuss any ideas from your own country, or anywhere else in the […]

Recent Advances in Understanding Aging Like taxes, getting old and dying is a certainty. But the reasons for why and how it happens are only recently being understood at the physiological and molecular level.  Traditionally people thought aging to just be a "wearing down" of cells that leads to breakdown eventually of something important. But […]