Life
Here you'll find an exploration of the life sciences, genetics, health, medicine, and evolution. How close are we to the new age of personalized medicine and what does it mean for how we live our lives? Can we shuffle enough nucleotide strings to create "life from scratch"? Have we already done it? Will re-engineering our biology become this century's version of DIY model planes? Where does the grip of evolution end and our own life experience begin?
Shorts
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Mary-Claire King: Queen of the Blue Moon
Mary-Claire King -
The Infamous Hand Injury
Andrew Dawson -
Ian Waterman’s Missing Body
Andrew Dawson -
Eric Lander: The Genesis of Genius
Eric Lander -
Do You Want to Live Forever?
Bill Ritter, Aubrey de Grey, Leonard Guarente, Michael Rose -
Longevity: Differences in Emphasis
Aubrey de Grey, Michael Rose -
Using the Tools at Our Disposal
Leonard Guarente -
Rise of the Grey Nations
Bill Ritter, Aubrey de Grey, Leonard Guarente, Michael Rose
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Long Term Longevity
Michael Rose -
Get to Know Your Gerontologist
Aubrey de Grey -
A Bona Fide New You
Aubrey de Grey, Judith Campisi -
The New Science of Aging
Leonard Guarente, Michael Rose -
The Promise of Regenerative Medicine
Aubrey de Grey -
The Flourishing Affliction of Old Age
Judith Campisi -
Steven Weinberg: Modern Science’s Gift to Culture
Steven Weinberg -
Steven Weinberg: The Real Needs of Society
Steven Weinberg
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Steven Weinberg: Congress Versus the Collider
Steven Weinberg -
Steven Weinberg: In Defense of Pure Science
Steven Weinberg -
Steven Weinberg: The Priorities of Practical
Steven Weinberg -
Steven Weinberg: Is It Anti-Science or Just Confusion?
Steven Weinberg -
Can Math Be Beautiful?
Robert Krulwich, Marcus du Sautoy, Simon Singh -
Welcome to the Mathematical Universe
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Why Study Birds?
Niels Rattenborg -
A Worldwide Standard of Care
Olufunmilayo Olopade, Eric Lander
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Our Global Human Genome
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Humanizing Cancer Research
Siddhartha Mukherjee -
Cancer: The Future of a Cure
Eric Lander -
Finding the Telltale Genome
Eric Lander, Mary-Claire King -
Mary-Claire King: Freedom to Discover
Mary-Claire King -
Spotlight: The Dao of Zib
Jean Berko Gleason -
Spotlight: Life without Cryptography
Tal Rabin -
Spotlight: From Math to Ants
Corina Tarnita
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Creating Universes with Digital Bits
John Hockenberry, Jürgen Schmidhuber -
What Is the Future of Cryptography?
Simon Singh -
What Is Public Key Encryption?
Tal Rabin -
Can We Make Online Voting Secure?
Simon Singh, Tal Rabin, Orr Dunkelman, Brian Snow -
Human Trust vs. Cyber Trust
Brian Snow, Josh Zepps -
Cyber-Terrorism: A Question of Intent
Brian Snow -
Cryptography’s Human Problem
Brian Snow, Simon Singh, Tal Rabin -
The Importance of Implementation
Brian Snow
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Cryptography: Cracking Codes
Simon Singh -
The Enigma Machine Explained
Simon Singh -
Cryptography: Codes, Ciphers, and Connections
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Public Perceptions of Privacy
Orr Dunkelman, Simon Singh, Brian Snow, Josh Zepps -
Moth: The Perfect Human Hand
Kodi Azari -
Moth: The Long Ukrainian Winters
Roald Hoffmann -
Moth: Why Do I Teach?
Eric Lander -
Moth: Life on a Möbius Strip
Janna Levin
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The Puzzle of Heterosexual Women
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Sexuality across Cultures
Paul Vasey -
Fa’afafine: How Do Homosexual Genes Survive?
Paul Vasey -
Love and the Opportunistic Brain
Jim Pfaus -
Making Impossible Predictions about Sexuality
Andrew Solomon, Marc Breedlove, Jim Pfaus -
What is Sexual Orientation?
Andrew Solomon, Paul Vasey, Jim Pfaus -
The Many Faces of Human Sexuality
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Is Sexuality a Choice?
Jim Pfaus, Paul Vasey, Meredith Chivers
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The Transgender Decision
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A Coat of Many Odors
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A Culture of Human Cheese
Sissel Tolaas -
The Smell of Fear
Sissel Tolaas -
Strip Club Science
Leslie Vosshall, Avery Gilbert -
The Smell of Clean
Leslie Vosshall, Avery Gilbert -
Are Flowers Smelling You Back?
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Smell: Fact or Fiction?
Avery Gilbert
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The Great Pheromone Debate
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The Power of Smell
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How Do We Smell?
Leslie Vosshall -
Robot’s First Steps
Hod Lipson -
Robot Learning: Look at My Watch
Rodney Brooks, Faith Salie -
Triage by Transistors
Eric Horvitz, Faith Salie -
Inside the Mind of WATSON the Supercomputer
David Ferrucci -
Man-Made Minds: Living with Thinking Machines (Intro)
Faith Salie
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Cool Job: Lit-Hop Extraordinaire
Baba Brinkman -
Cool Job: High-Flying Engineer
Nate Ball -
When You’re a Scientist
Kevin Temmer -
Spotlight: Do Not Touch the Frog
Mark Moffett -
Do We Live in a Reasonable Universe?
William Phillips -
Faith’s Unanswered Questions
Lorenzo Albacete -
The Heartbeat of Science
Bill Blakemore, Nina Azari, Lorenzo Albacete -
Where Is the Evidence?
Paul Bloom, Lorenzo Albacete
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Faith in the Mathematical Order
Paul Davies -
Satisfaction in Knowledge
Francisco Ayala -
The Insurance Game
Francis Collins, Robert C. Green -
Personalized Medicine: How can We Make It Easy?
Francis Collins -
Are We Blinded by Life?
David Charbonneau -
Guestimating Exoplanets
David Charbonneau -
Mission to Europa
Steven Squyres -
A Drop in the Bucket
Jill Tarter
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Intergalactic Germ Swapping: What Is Panspermia?
Steven Squyres -
The Hatchery of Life
Michael Russell -
The Ant Cemetery
Edward O. Wilson -
Order out of Chaos: Ant Communication
Josh Zepps, Edward O. Wilson -
What Biodiversity Really Means
Edward O. Wilson -
My Father, Stephen Hawking
Lucy Hawking -
Spinning Spider Yarns
Mark Moffett -
Adventures inside an Acorn
Mark Moffett
Full Programs
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On The Shoulders of Giants: A Special Address by Steven Weinberg
Steven Weinberg -
The Mind after Midnight: Where Do You Go When You Go to Sleep?
Carl Zimmer, Matthew Wilson, Niels Rattenborg, Carlos H. Schenck -
Cancer’s Last Stand? The Genome Solution
Richard Besser, Eric Lander, Mary-Claire King, Olufunmilayo Olopade, Siddhartha Mukherjee -
Keeping Secrets: Cryptography in a Connected World
Josh Zepps, Brian Snow, Tal Rabin, Orr Dunkelman, Simon Singh -
The Origins of Orientation: Sexuality in 2011
Jim Pfaus, Marc Breedlove, Meredith Chivers, Paul Vasey, Andrew Solomon -
Scents and Sensibilities: The Invisible Language of Smell
Leslie Vosshall, Sissel Tolaas, Consuelo De Moraes, Avery Gilbert, Juju Chang -
Man-Made Minds: Living with Thinking Machines
Faith Salie, David Ferrucci, Eric Horvitz, Hod Lipson, Rodney Brooks -
Food 2.0: Feeding a Hungry World
Pamela Ronald, Louise O. Fresco, Bill Blakemore, Monty P. Jones
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The Search for Life in the Universe
Jill Tarter, Steven Squyres, David Charbonneau, Michael Russell, Sir Paul Nurse -
All Creatures Great and Smart
Brian Hare, Vanessa Woods, Jeremy Niven, Patrick R. Hof, Klaus Zuberbühler, Jad Abumrad -
Astronaut Diary: Life in Space
Tracy Caldwell Dyson, Sandra Magnus, Leland Melvin, Dava Newman, Miles O’Brien -
!@#$% Traffic: From Insects to Interstates
Robert Krulwich, Iain Couzin, Anna Nagurney, Mitchell Joachim