Forever Young: How to build a longer lasting human

Nowadays scientists can read the genetic code of life like a book. Life expectancy has been doubled and we already live 30 years longer...

Homo Evolutis – Beyond the Crisis there is Evolution

Humans have been evolving over time. Now Juan Enriquez predicts the Homo Evolutis to come next. He is presenting this idea at TED, a...
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Bill Gates Talks at TED and Unleashes Mosquitoes

On this year's TED Talks 2009 in California Bill Gates shocked his audience of rich people with the unleashing of a swarm of mosquitoes,...

The Body in Question

This is a 13-part series (1 hour episodes) on all aspects of medicine and health science, written and presented by Dr Jonathan Miller (1934...

Why we love, why we cheat

Anthropologist Helen Fisher takes on a tricky topic – love – and explains its evolution, its biochemical foundations and its social importance. She closes...

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