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BBC Rethink… how we age
Our Director Andrew Steele featured in the latest episode of Rethink on BBC Radio 4, speaking with Oxford University’s Professor Ben Ansell about what ageing is, the difference between chronological and biological age and what we can learn from animals like tortoises that get older without getting old. He joined molecular biologist Dr Nessa Carey, […]
Social Capital Deep Dive into longevity
The Longevity Initiative’s Directors Andrew Steele and Kamen Shoylev were interviewed for a new longevity Deep Dive from Social Capital, the investment firm run by Chamath Palihapitiya. The report finds that ageing is the largest shared risk factor for the diseases that kill most people in the developed world, yet receives only a small fraction […]
The Sun: First anti-ageing pills ‘five years away’
The Longevity Initiative’s Director Andrew Steele spoke with The Sun to launch their new YouTube channel, Future Tech Feed—and the interview got a full-page splash in the paper on Saturday 25th April 2026. Here’s an excerpt from the article: The Director of The Longevity Initiative says: “What is this fundamental ticking clock in every single […]
Andrew Steele on the Optispan Podcast
The LI’s Co-Founder and Director Andrew Steele spoke with longevity scientist and Co-Founder and CEO of Optispan, Matt Kaeberlein for the Optispan Podcast during Matt’s trip to Berlin. Their wide-ranging conversation covered the social, ethical, economic and policy consequences of longer lives, as well as some of the communications challenges facing the field. From healthspan […]
Longevity.Technology: When longevity research hits a fiscal headwind
The Longevity Initiative’s Director and Co-Founder Andrew Steele was quoted in an article on longevity news and analytics portal Longevity.Technology on the risks to US funding of ageing biology. Read the full piece on the Longevity.Technology website.
EHiN 2025, Oslo, Norway
On November 11th–12th 2025, Norway’s leading experts in e-health gathered for the E-Helse i Norge (E-Health in Norway, or EHiN) conference. The Longevity Initiative’s Andrew Steele took to the stage to deliver the conference’s main keynote, alongside Norwegian Health Minister Jan Christian Vestre and Danish Minister for Elderly Affairs (Ældreminister) Mette Kierkgaard. Andrew introduced the […]
Big Think interview with Andrew Steele
In April 2025, our Co-Founder and Director Andrew travelled to Berkeley, CA to speak at Vitalist Bay. This interview with Freethink was filmed there, and we think it’s a beautiful introduction to longevity science. It covers the science, economics and ethics of longer, healthier lives in under 15 minutes–—so please feel free to share it […]
