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The 2009 International Alchemy Conference
Celebrates The Revival Of An Ancient Science
by Art Kunkin
Last weekend I was an exhibitor at the Third International Alchemy Conference held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Along with dozens of speakers, a hundred exhibitors, film presentations, much music and more than a thousand visitors, I was celebrating the revival of an ancient science that offers many answers to the problems we experience as a society and as individuals.
I am a member of the Alchemy Guild that was one of the main sponsors of the conference.
Therefore, I had a table (more…)
by Art Kunkin
As I sit here at my computer tonight writing this column and doing Internet research, I intensely realize how dangerous this same computer technology is and can be to our civil rights and personal freedoms. I also realize as well how much this technology actually contributes to real freedom by making government operations in far-off Washington D.C. immediately transparent to the individual citizen. This amazing computer technology is really a two-sided sword!
This article is about the efforts of both the previous Republican administration of President George Bush and the present Democratic Party-dominated government of President Obama to pass national legislation making our present State Driver’s Licenses the equivalent of a national identity card permitting the federal government to monitor and control the movements and activities of every individual in this country. (more…)
by Art Kunkin, The Last Alchemist
Anyone concerned with living longer should be aware of a very important article on flu vaccination that appears in the Atlantic magazine of November 2009. (more…)
Three Scientists Share 2009 Nobel Prize About Telomeres This Week
by Art Kunkin, The Last Alchemist
Scientists Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szostak won the 2009 Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology this week (including 1.4 million dollars) for their ground-breaking research in discovering telomeres and an enzyme that influences the growth of telomeres. These telomeres are tiny “caps” on the ends of human chromosomes that become shorter as a person ages, a discovery that seems to immediately lead to a practical way of stopping aging.
However, if one goes beyond the front page headlines about this Nobel Prize (more…)
25 Major Scientific Theories Of Aging –
Plus My Own System (#26) For Preventing Death
By Art Kunkin, The Last Alchemist
In doing research for this column, I read a valuable article on aging published on the Internet by Dr. L. Stephen Coles of UCLA. In this article, the distinguished Dr. Coles presents 25 theories of aging offered by various scientists. The article was first written in 1996 and revised in 1999. Below I present Dr. Coles list in summary form. (more…)