Issue 7: February 2026

FIVE QUESTIONS

Bruce Feiler on Mastering Life Transitions at Any Age

The author of Life Is in the Transitions shares key skills and tools for “lifequakes” and transition pileups.
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ALT/ SHIFT

How Much Health Data is Too Much?

For some users, the proliferation of continuous glucose monitors and other health devices can boost anxiety over wellness.
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FINANCING LONGER LIVES

Retirement Income Gap Sparks Innovation

New tools to convert retirement savings into income include investments with annuity-like features and a crowdfunding scheme from the 1600s.
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DEEP DIVE

Why More Companies Are Recognizing the Benefits of Keeping Older Employees

Although age bias is still the norm, the value-add of longtime, experienced workers is beginning to take shape.
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GRANDPEOPLE

Soufflé Chef Takes her Final Bow at 90

After 46 years making every dish, restaurateur Jacqueline Margulis recalls the love of her culinary labor.

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FROM THE EDITOR

Disruption is everywhere — in the news, our jobs and our daily lives. Several stories from this issue provide some longevity tools and perspectives not found elsewhere.
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LONGEVITY LITERACY

"Multiomics"

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A holistic approach in biology is driving advances in personalized medicine and disease understanding by integrating data that individual studies miss.
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GAME CHANGER

An Ultrasound Helmet to Cleanse the Brain

Raag Airan’s team plans to test whether a non-invasive method for removing waste from brain cells of mice shows potential for treating neurological diseases in humans.
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@SCL

To learn more about the how the topics covered in this issue affect longevity, check out SCL's New Map of Life initiative.

SCL Magazine Staff

Karen Breslau
Editor
David Pagano
Creative Director
Tamara Straus
Deputy Editor
Sarah Pollock
Contributing Editor
Amy Khokhar
Fact-Checking Editor
Yochai Z. Shavit, PhD
Director of Research
Laura Tejero
Videography & Photography
Nikki Tran Duff
Social Media

With appreciation to our Stanford faculty reviewers:

Laura L. Carstensen, PhD, SCL Founding Director
Jason J. Fichtner, PhD; Policy Fellow, SIEPR 
Nirav R. Shah, MD, MPH, School of Medicine
Michael Snyder, PhD, Department of Genetics
Mitchell L. Stevens, PhD, SCL Co-Director
Anthony Wagner, PhD, Memory Lab

 

SCL Magazine is supported in part by our Industrial Affiliates Program Members.

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