Explores extraordinary animals, like the slow-evolving ghost shark and the axolotl, which has the longest-known genome, and discusses what these creatures can teach about humans, Earth, and the universe.

"From an acclaimed Harvard professor and one of Time's most influential people, this paradigm-shifting book shows how almost everything we think we know about aging is wrong, offers a front-row seat to the amazing global effort to slow, stop, and reverse aging, and calls readers to consider a future where aging can be treated. For decades, experts have believed that we are at the mercy of our genes, and that natural damage to our genes--the kind...