A standard pop-news article on the singularity, focus on Kurzweil
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/03/23/134762846/who-is-afraid-of-the-singularity?sc=fb&cc=fp
"If we are able to reprogram cell-death at the genetic level, quite possibly novel kinds of immortal diseases will also spring forth."
A standard pop-news article on the singularity, focus on Kurzweil
http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2011/03/23/134762846/who-is-afraid-of-the-singularity?sc=fb&cc=fp