The age of eternity

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What if the price of eternal youth is more than people can pay? Robert Reed looks at a beautiful future

In the future, science can fix anything and make us young and beautiful forever – but how would we pay for it? Our science fiction story imagines a world where you can make medicines in a kitchen appliance and film stars’ looks can be fixed for 50 years.