A change in the current of microbiology
USC professor of Earth Sciences and Biological Sciences, Kenneth Nealson, shares his discovery of electronic bacteria in extreme environments that defy our understanding of how bacteria are supposed …
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Turning waste to wealth
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Why your doctor should care about social justice
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Capturing the art of saving a life
Global public health worker and communications expert Christine McNab illuminates the story of how she combined her passions and partnered with the Gates Foundation to create what might …
A maker revolution in health care
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The science of psilocybin and its use to relieve suffering
Leading psychopharmacologist Roland Griffiths discloses the ways that psychedelic drugs can be used to create spiritually meaningful, personally transformative experiences for all patients, especially the terminally ill.