MATT FUCHS

My article was published today in LeapsMag, the top magazine for advances in the life sciences. It's about a technology that could soon help revolutionize healthcare and even change views about old age. Researchers are making fast progress on "aging clocks" that meas...

I co-authored this article on the cover of the Washington Post Magazine. My write-up suggested playing pickleball as one of 10 self-care tips for making life a little better during the pandemic this fall.  

My latest article ran in the wellness section of the Washington Post today. The piece was a great opportunity to probe what I see as one of the prevailing covid-19 narratives: that older people are weak, defenseless, and wasting away in social isolation during the pand...

Lots of people don't just enjoy sports - they rely on them for a sense of well-being. With COVID-19 turning us all into shut-ins, what gives? How can people get their fix when it comes to recreational activities? I pitched this idea thinking I'd just learn some hygiene...

My tennis game goes down the tube in hot weather. I'm a lot better in the cold. Instead of accepting this as my fate, I got expert advice to see how people like me can control their climactic roller coasters. 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/well...

Last weekend, my essay ran in the Startup, Medium's highest subscribing publication.

I might never get bored writing all day every day about older athletes who are still killing it. I had this article published in the Post's print edition on August 29. In a pleasant surprise, it also got picked up by a few other papers including the Minn...

This essay of mine was in the online version of the Washington Post on May 8.

It also ran in San Antonio News-Express a few days later.

Watching The Killing of a Sacred Deer, the most recent movie by director and weird-master Yorgos Lanthimos, made me think of Kurt Andersen’s book Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire.

The movie is about a cardiologist who botches an operation because he’s drunk during...