Use of The Word in Modern Life
A wine bottle containing six litres is known as "a Methusela".
One of the leading non-profit organizations supporting scientific research aimed on human life extension is Methuselah Foundation. There are several breakthroughs made within the programs of this organizations, including extending life of mice 2.5 times and rejuvenation of mice. These developments give hope to apply scientific means to stop or delay aging and extend human life in nearest future.
George Bernard Shaw's series of plays written during 1918-20 were entitled Back to Methuselah (A Metabiological Pentateuch).
In a stab at Alex Riley, WWE wrestler Chris Jericho stated that Methuselah was believed to be alive around the same time Riley won his last match.
In the film Blade Runner, the character J.F. Sebastian is suffering from the fictional disease "Methuselah Syndrome" which involves premature aging.
In Dan Simmons Hyperion novel, the "Methuselah Syndrome" mentioned in Sol Weintraub's story as possible explanation (refuted shortly after) for his daughter's unusual condition.
The Howard Families, a fictional group of unusually long lived humans created by the author Robert A. Heinlein, are sometimes described as "Methuselahs" by outsiders in his books Methuselah's Children and Time Enough for Love.
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Famous quotes containing the words modern life, word, modern and/or life:
“The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility!”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Here lies our Sovereign Lord, the King
Whose word no man relies on:
He never said a foolish thing
Nor ever did a wise one.”
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“Primitivism has become the vulgar cliché of much modern art and speculation.”
—Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980)
“All life long, the same questions, the same answers.”
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