Aging Kazakhstan President Asks His Scientists to Find Fountain of Youth

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By Jennifer Welsh
Dec 10, 2010 5:34 AMNov 19, 2019 9:56 PM

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After almost twenty years in office and 70 years on earth, Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of Kazakhstan, is hoping his country can come together to overcome one last hurdle. He needs the country's scientists to find him the fountain of youth. In a speech to students of the newly dedicated Nazarbayev University, a new education and research institution in the Kazakh capital of Astana, the president made clear that he is looking to the researchers to provide him with eternal life, says The Guardian:

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