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Mar 2022
10m 52s

Mini-Episode: Cool Facts Friday #21

Dave Asprey
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A mix of facts about humans, humanity and the strange and wonderful world in which we live. 
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Is aging an inevitable decline, or just a "repair backlog" your body hasn't cleared yet?. In this episode, Dave breaks down the 2016 Nobel Prize-winning science of autophagy—the body's internal recycling system discovered by Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi.Most people are stuck in a state o ... Show More
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