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Themes Might You Live a Great Deal Longer?
If this collection of provocative speakers proves even partially right, we may all live to a (very) ripe old age.
Futurist Ray Kurzweil foresees body and brain enhancements leading to an extended human tenure on Earth -- and beyond. Surgeon and chemical engineer Alan Russell, meanwhile, asks: "If newts can regenerate a lost limb, why can't we?" And Aubrey de Grey, icon of the life extension movement, gives a challenging talk that may convince you that aging will soon become optional.
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Kary Mullis' next-gen cure for killer infections
04:35 Posted: Jul 2009
Views: 404,587 | Comments: 134
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Richard St. John: "Success is a continuous journey"
03:57 Posted: Jun 2009
Views: 953,572 | Comments: 121
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Gregory Stock: To upgrade is human
17:51 Posted: Apr 2009
Views: 261,430 | Comments: 138
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Nathan Wolfe's jungle search for viruses
12:15 Posted: Mar 2009
Views: 334,617 | Comments: 53
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Gregory Petsko on the coming neurological epidemic
03:47 Posted: Nov 2008
Views: 359,130 | Comments: 49
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Stewart Brand on the Long Now
23:23 Posted: Nov 2008
Views: 152,745 | Comments: 48
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Dean Ornish: Healing through diet
16:49 Posted: Oct 2008
Views: 455,625 | Comments: 86
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Dean Ornish: Your genes are not your fate
03:12 Posted: Jun 2008
Views: 533,654 | Comments: 76
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Alan Russell: The potential of regenerative medicine
19:25 Posted: Jul 2007
Views: 729,431 | Comments: 124
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William McDonough: Cradle to cradle design
20:05 Posted: Apr 2007
Views: 729,123 | Comments: 102
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