Curated Video
Sleep, Memory, and Aging
Sleep scientist Matthew Walker (UC Berkeley) relates that sleep is one of the few factors that is within our control as we try to fight off cognitive decline due to aging.
Neuro Transmissions
How YOU can help stop Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common cause of dementia and affects 1 in 10 Americans over the age of 65. So if so many people have it, why don’t we have a cure? Let’s talk about why finding effective treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease...
Neuro Transmissions
What causes Alzheimer's Disease?
Alzheimer's Disease is a horrible condition that can strike at the brain of your loved ones and steal their memories and lives. But what is Alzheimer's Disease? What's going on in the brain? Is Alzheimer's just a normal part of aging?...
Nature League
Why Isn't Life Immortal? - Lesson Plan
In this Nature League Lesson Plan, Brit explores the definitions and connections between metabolism and aging.
Nature League
Why Are Antarctic Sea Spiders So Big? - Field Trip
This week on Nature League, Brit explores life on Earth by visiting Dr. Art Woods at the University of Montana to discuss gigantism in Antarctic sea spiders.
Nature League
Exploring Metabolism and Aging | Compilation
Brit looks back on our tenth month on Nature League, when we explored the theme of metabolism and aging. Get your Nature League pin here!
Nature League
Why Do Moths Die So Quickly? - From A to B
This week on Nature League, Adrian asks Brit why adult moths are so beautiful yet die so quickly.
Nature League
What Can Tortoises Teach Us About Aging?
This week on Nature League, Brit Garner explores aging and lifespan mysteries of life on Earth by breaking down a recent scientific journal article about giant tortoises.
AllTime 10s
10 Ways Video Games Are Good For Your Health
Video games blamed for causing bad eyesight, obesity and quite possibly high blood pressure if you're a Dark Souls fan! But there are plenty of ways video games can be good for your health. Here are 10!
Science360
The Learning Bridge Resource for Civil Engineering Laboratory Development and Learning - Innovators
With support from the National Science Foundation, Franklin Moon, an associate professor of civil engineering at Drexel University, along with a number of collaborators are using modern technology to help manage and preserve bridges...
The Wall Street Journal
The Gene-Editing Revolution
Scientists are now hoping to cure diseases by editing the faulty genes that cause them. But we are still learning about the complex working of the human genome. What are the risks when you tinker with a genetic code that we only...
Next Animation Studio
NASAs space drink reverses signs of aging in four months
AS10 is a nutritional supplement formulated by NASA to protect astronauts from high-levels of solar radiation while rejuvenating the skin. The drink is made from a blend of exotic fruits, plant derivatives, and a rich cocktail of...
The Wall Street Journal
Four Crispr Scientists on the Future of Gene-Editing
Trained in the labs of Crispr inventors and pioneers, Janice Chen, Nicole Gaudelli, Omar Abudayyeh and Jonathan Gootenberg discuss the gene-editing trials they are working on, with the goal of drastically changing our understanding of...
The Wall Street Journal
Biotech Startup Gameto on Female Fertility and Aging
The women behind biotech company Gameto discuss breakthrough technologies in female reproductive health that could delay ovarian aging, support assisted fertility and ease the transition to menopause.
TMW Media
How PA Fish and Boat Commission do fishing outreach
This program explores various fishing opportunities where kids can catch their first fish both in the inner cities of Pennsylvania and in the remote National forests of Michigan. You will find out how kids can create a clear path to...
Catalyst University
Progeria, Accelerated Aging | Biochemical Mechanism of Progeria
In this video, I explain the mechanism of progeria, a rare but fatal accelerated aging disease. We will explore the synthesis pathway for normal wild-type Lamin A and the mutant form, progerin, for which the disease is named.
Curated Video
Maintaining a Healthy Mind-Body Connection
Staying physically fit impacts our mental fitness and staying mentally fit impacts our physical fitness. Learn how maintaining a healthy lifestyle can keep our bodies and minds healthy and our cognition sharp into old age.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Norbert Walter: Is Mercantilism Doomed to Fail? 3/5
Norbert Walter, Former Chief Economist, Deutsche Bank at the panel entitled "Is Mercantilism Doomed to Fail? China, Germany, and Japan and the Exhaustion of Debtor Countries" at the Institute for New Economic Thinking's (INET) Paradigm...
The Economist
What's so funny about #MeToo?
A year on from #MeToo Tiff Stevenson, a British comedian, talks about inequality between the sexes and the laughable facts. For her being a woman in 2018 is no joke.
Journey to the Microcosmos
Do Microscopic Immortals Actually Exist
Are you immortal if you never age? Defying death is not as clear-cut as it might initially seem. What we define as immortality depends a bit on what you think it means to die.
Healthcare Triage
That Big Scary Study about Booze? It’s Not as Scary as You Think
There was a big study on alcohol and life expectancy that was all over the news recently. It was pretty scary, and seemed to conclude that any alcohol use can shorten your life. Well, that study had a lot of problems. Let's talk about it.
The Wall Street Journal
The Future of High-Tech Retirement
Kyle Rand, the company’s co-founder and CEO, joins us to talk about the way technology can be leveraged to transform the day-to-day lives of residents in senior living communities, as well as where he intends to take his Rendever...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Dressing Like a Politician
Ms Represented is a series that charts the rise of Australian female politicians over the last one hundred years and the unbelievable things they got up to along the way. New job, new dress - female politicians face a lot of criticism...
Next Animation Studio
Researchers find key to slowing aging process in mice
Researchers have discovered a natural product that can reduce the level of damaged cells in mice caused by aging.