Methuselah's Zoo

Methuselah's Zoo
Author: Steven N. Austad
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2022-08-16
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0262370603

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Stories of long-lived animal species—from thousand-year-old tubeworms to 400-year-old sharks—and what they might teach us about human health and longevity. Opossums in the wild don’t make it to the age of three; our pet cats can live for a decade and a half; cicadas live for seventeen years (spending most of them underground). Whales, however, can live for two centuries and tubeworms for several millennia. Meanwhile, human life expectancy tops out around the mid-eighties, with some outliers living past 100 or even 110. Is there anything humans can learn from the exceptional longevity of some animals in the wild? In Methusaleh’s Zoo, Steven Austad tells the stories of some extraordinary animals, considering why, for example, animal species that fly live longer than earthbound species and why animals found in the ocean live longest of all. Austad—the leading authority on longevity in animals—argues that the best way we will learn from these long-lived animals is by studying them in the wild. Accordingly, he proceeds habitat by habitat, examining animals that spend most of their lives in the air, comparing insects, birds, and bats; animals that live on, and under, the ground—from mole rats to elephants; and animals that live in the sea, including quahogs, carp, and dolphins. Humans have dramatically increased their lifespan with only a limited increase in healthspan; we’re more and more prone to diseases as we grow older. By contrast, these species have successfully avoided both environmental hazards and the depredations of aging. Can we be more like them?

The New Methuselah

The New Methuselah
Author: Sarah Orne Jewett
Publisher:
Total Pages: 11
Release: 1890
Genre:
ISBN:

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The Methuselah Factor

The Methuselah Factor
Author: David J. DeRose
Publisher:
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1901
Genre:
ISBN: 9781942730118

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""The Methuselah Factor"" provides practical, life-changing insights into the cutting-edge science of hemorheology or blood fluidity. Dr. DeRose walks readers through a step-by-step 30-day program that puts them in the driver's seat when it comes to revolutionizing their health. You'll learn how improving your ""Methuselah Factor"" (DeRose's term for.

The Methuselah Project

The Methuselah Project
Author: Rick Barry
Publisher: Kregel Publications
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2015-09-24
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0825443873

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Nazi scientists started many experiments. One never ended. Roger Greene is a war hero. Raised in an orphanage, the only birthright he knows is the feeling that he was born to fly. Flying against the Axis Powers in World War II is everything he always dreamed—until the day he’s shot down and lands in the hands of the enemy. When Allied bombs destroy both his prison and the mad genius experimenting on POWs, Roger survives. Within hours, his wounds miraculously heal, thanks to those experiments. The Methuselah Project is a success—but this ace is still not free. Seventy years later, Roger hasn’t aged a day, but he has nearly gone insane. This isn’t Captain America—just a lousy existence only made passable by a newfound faith. The Bible provides the only reliable anchor for Roger’s sanity and his soul. When he finally escapes, there’s no angelic promise or personal prophecy of deliverance, just confusion. It’s 2015—and the world has become an unrecognizable place. Katherine Mueller—crack shot, genius, and real Southern Belle—offers to help him find his way home. Can he convince her of the truth of his crazy story? Can he continue to trust her when he finds out she works for the very organization he’s trying to flee? Thrown right into pulse-pounding action from the first page, readers will find themselves transported back in time to a believable, full-colored past, and then catapulted into the present once more. The historical back-and-forth adds a constantly moving element of suspense to keep readers on the edge of their seats.

A New Look

A New Look
Author: Lugene Spurlock, Jr.
Publisher:
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2003-12-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781414015385

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Methuselah's Hidden Antediluvian Abridgement

Methuselah's Hidden Antediluvian Abridgement
Author: James Hendershot
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 319
Release: 2014-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1490748970

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Too much of humanity's history might have been lost through the great flood, which mercifully rendered humankind another chance to dwell on the Earth. This fictional account through Methuselah begins with the creation of the two Earths and follows Adam through his multiple wives torn by sons who murder each other. His remaining sons divide into tribes separated by their relationship with the creator. Nonetheless, wickedness rose in Seth's tribe, while righteousness comes forth from Cain's seed. Eve rewards Irad after he avenges the murder of his mother who was a favored stepdaughter of Eve. Eve rewards Irad with three of her cherished daughters. They launch a new homeland beyond the two established borders, and through their faith in the God of Adam find favor with the Ancient One, who reestablishes his covenant with a descendant of Habil (Cain). Lilith and several of her daughter's bond with Duci, one of Irad's wives, exploring the wild unsettled bulk of Pangaea lands beyond the invisible border, which protects humanity from the hungry dinosaurs living in the open wilderness. Duci, with help from the Nephilim build the foundations for their two new cities and multiple temples. Irad's tribe sails on secret ships to the southern hemisphere and build a Holy nation serving the Ancient One. Enoch settles his small family on a mountaintop protected by angels as humanity falls into the final stage of wickedness. Irad and his wives end their long fruitful lives, nevertheless; they watch from heaven as the vast majority of their family chose to follow their own gods and disown the Ancient One. Just three young men, who must sail to a distant island with their wives, remain servants of the Ancient One. Noah builds a giant rectangle ship boarding his sons and many wild animals saving them through a large flood. Avram sails through the flood with his small group while watching death consume the lands.

The Death of Methuselah

The Death of Methuselah
Author: Isaac Bashevis Singer
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2003-05-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0374529108

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Nobel Prize-winner Singer's 10th collection of short stories demonstrates "the same vigor that he has shown throughout his long career" (New York Times) and reaffirms his place as an extremely popular and enduring author.

Methuselah Syndrome

Methuselah Syndrome
Author: Austin Baxter
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2016-10-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781539509134

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Most people don't believe me when I tell them that I am familiar with what the world has known as space aliens. While I wouldn't class them as friends, I do know them and have spent quite some time with them. It is hard to realize that I am being interviewed on the day of my birthday. At this point, I seemed to be the oldest living person on the face of the planet at 200 years of age. There are going to be more people following me that the world currently doesn't know about them. I will be one of those, who will be coming along after me. People scoffed and ridiculed me a long time ago when I told them that I had been the surprise visitor of what were then known as other world aliens. I had been lying in bed one night, and using a technology that we haven't been able to master, I was removed from my bed and transported to another place. My clothes all remained on, but there was a light shining in that room that altered my body making it healthy and vibrant. The changes went down to the DNA level and modified it so that I would age much slower, unperceptively slow. This process only lasted for a few minutes, and then I was released and returned to my bed. As time has passed, I have visited them numerous times and have had several procedures done by them, being fully aware of what the changes were supposed to do to my body. It seems that they were getting my consent to do whatever procedure they were attempting at the time. This is my story and how I am dealing with the events and changes that are happening to me. While some of the changes have been unexpected, like the first time they took me to their place, most have been good and others I am still trying to understand. Angelica, my wife of several hundred years, and I have decided that it is time for us to move on to whatever is next. While we hope that we will be together in our next life, there is, by now, means any certainty of that. It is merely a hope on our part. During our lives, we have loved each other for a very long time, and along the path, we have loved many others. We have taught many students along the way and have positively affected many. We have been able to add to the ranks of the Methuselah Group and have made it stronger in the process. We have protected Simon and then Calvin and would have done so with our lives if necessary. We have known them for centuries and have come to respect their mission on this world. We have done all that we could to further that mission and ensure that it continues well into the future. Together, Angelica and I have lived well over 3,000 years and have seen this world change from bad to worse and eventually made it to good. Our hope is that we get aided in some way to the changes that have occurred to make the world a better place. We know that the world is much better now than when we came here. We are leaving this life content that we have done well in our lives and have contributed to a better world.

The Methuselah Effect

The Methuselah Effect
Author: Patrick Cox
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1365367304

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Many "people believe that humanity's survival is threatened by catastrophic overpopulation. [The author believes that] nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the greatest threat to modern society--in North America, Japan, and Europe--is a global decline in birth rates combined with a massive tidal wave of retirees that will overwhelm our economies and social welfare systems. ... However, bioscience is on the verge of providing a solution: groundbreaking life-extension research could help us be productive and self-sufficient for much longer, and live healthily to 100 years and beyond. Alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease, diabetes, liver fibrosis, arthritis, even wrinkles, may soon be problems of the past"--Back cover.

Murder on the Outer Banks

Murder on the Outer Banks
Author: Joe C. Ellis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780979665547

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A drug researcher develops a Methusaleh serum - a new drug that reverses aging in human cells. While it is being sought by all from crime bosses to the US President, two police must keep the serum and formula safe.