8-year old Sam Berns has progeria, a genetic disorder that looks like accelerated aging. But the search for the cause and cure of progeria may shed light on the mechanisms behind normal aging. See
"Racing with Sam."
Sasha Shulgin, who is about to turn 80, created Ecstasy as well as about 200 other psychedelic compounds, among them "stimulants, depressants, aphrodisiacs, ''empathogens,'' convulsants, drugs that alter hearing, drugs that slow one's sense of time, drugs that speed it up, drugs that trigger violent outbursts and drugs that deaden emotion." He is
profiled in the New York Times Magazine.