What can we learn when we get up from the bench?
In talking about HIV in Africa, David Agus calls on scientists who are working on curing diseases to spend more time outside of the lab and see first-hand …
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What if we viewed the body as a network?
David Agus shows how when prescribing treatment, doctors and government guidelines need to view the body as a network and not a series of isolated nodes.
What do proteomics have to do with cancer survival?
Through a heartwarming story, David Agus discusses how doctors need to report the positives of new drugs and treatments to the medical community so we can help each …
What’s in a year of living healthy?
In spending a year trying to lead an intensely healthy lifestyle, AJ Jacobs talks about simple lessons anyone can apply to lead a healthier and happier life.
How will nanotechnology be used in the body?
Anita Goel talks about the increasing fusion between nano-machines and biology, and how this research is being applied today in a wide range of fields.
How do we change the war on cancer?
Clifton Leaf explores the statistics behind the mortality rate of cancer and how the information on progress against the disease is misunderstood by the media and their readers.
What’s behind my curtain?
Former CTO of Microsoft, Nathan Myhrvold, gives us a peak into Intellectual Ventures research lab and the creative medical inventions they are working on.
What’s behind my curtain?
Danny Hillis, one of America’s brightest engineers, proposes a radical new approach towards treating cancer. Fascinating!
What’s next for personal genomics?
George Church talks about where the future of personal genomics is headed and what research has yielded so far.
The Walker Library Of the History Of Human Imagination: Imagination in Depth
Jay Walker shows some of history’s first pop-up books, used to illustrate both scientific and pseudo-mystical subjects.