Galaxy Balance

Is aging inevitable, or is it an engineering problem waiting to be solved? In this episode of Galaxy Balance, Cory Smith is joined by Aubrey de Grey, one of the most influential and provocative thinkers in longevity science. Aubrey is best known for reframing aging not as a mysterious, untouchable process, but as the accumulation of specific, repairable forms of biological damage, and for arguing...

What will it really take for humans to live beyond Earth? In this episode of Galaxy Balance , Cory Smith sits down with Devon Stork , synthetic biologist and founding member of Pioneer Labs , a nonprofit research institute advancing biotechnology for use in space. Devon’s work focuses on engineering microbes that can survive extreme extraterrestrial environments and transform local resources, like...

In this episode of Galaxy Balance , Cory Smith sits down with Dr. Case Newsom, an emergency physician and pioneer in psychedelic medicine who helped shape Colorado’s therapeutic psychedelics legislation. The conversation explores why a single psychedelic experience can lead to lasting change, the neuroscience behind these effects, and the real risks that are often left out of public discussions. C...

Aging is often described as damage, wear and tear, or inevitable decline. But what if aging is better understood as a problem of lost biological information ? In this episode of Galaxy Balance , Cory Smith speaks with Chris Bradley , a scientist focused on genome integrity and systems biology, about why maintaining genetic and epigenetic information may be central to extending human healthspan. Th...

In this debut episode of Galaxy Balance , host Cory Smith sits down with legendary geneticist and futurist George Church for a wide-ranging conversation on the edge of science and imagination. Together they explore the accelerating frontier of AI-driven biology , including protein design, scientific “superintelligence,” and the rise of automated science factories. George discusses the real state o...