Jan 19
Steve Ramirez, "How to Change a Memory: One Neuroscientist’s Quest to Alter the Past" (Princeton UP, 2025)
As a graduate student at MIT, Steve Ramirez successfully created false memories in the lab. Now, as a neuroscientist working at the frontiers of brain science, he foresees a future where we can replace our negative memories with positive ones. In How to Change a Memory, Ramirez d ... Show More
50m 49s
Jan 18
Justin Gregg, "If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity" (Little, Brown, 2022)
What if human intelligence is actually more of a liability than a gift? After all, the animal kingdom, in all its diversity, gets by just fine without it. At first glance, human history is full of remarkable feats of intelligence, yet human exceptionalism can be a double-edged sw ... Show More
30m 38s
Jan 15
Everything Is Fine, I'll Just Work Harder: Confessions of a Former Badass
In Everything Is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder: Confessions of A Former Badass (Street Noise Books, 2025), Professor Cara Gormally draws us into the familiar academic world of chronic busyness. In panel after panel, Cara brings us into a life numbed by overwork. Then, as this gra ... Show More
39m 37s
Aug 2023
The Life Scientific: Anne Ferguson-Smith
Our genes can tell us so much about us, from why we look the way we look, think the way we think, even what kind of diseases we might be likely to suffer from. But our genes aren't the whole story. There are other, complex and intriguing systems within every cell in our bodies wh ... Show More
27m 22s
Jan 2023
340 - Young Forever: Dr. Mark Hyman's Secrets to a Long HEALTHY Life
What if you could stay young, fit, and healthy your entire life? According to Dr. Mark Hyman and breakthroughs in longevity science — you can. Research in epigenetics, nutrition, and functional medicine show us that aging is, in fact, OPTIONAL. So if you want to look, feel, and b ... Show More
45m 49s
Mar 2019
From the Vault: Eternal Youth, Part 2
Throughout history, humans have faced the inexorable process of aging and death. We’ve dreamt up countless myths to explain why we age and what comes of seeking immortality, but what does science tell us about the process? Why do we age? What purpose does it serve in natural sele ... Show More
48m 16s
Dec 2023
How & Why You Age, And What It Takes To Be 'Young Forever' – Mark Hyman, M.D. - End of Year Best-Of Episode! : 1118
<p>In this special end-of-year "best of" episode, you'll learn the Top 10 hallmarks of aging, the role of functional medicine in restoring and reversing aging, and the many practical ways you can promote your own longevity.</p><p>Mark Hyman, M.D., joins Dave in Austin to talk all ... Show More
1h 8m
Apr 2020
The Science of Age Reversal | David A. Sinclair, Ph.D.
<p>What if you could reverse the aging process? Sounds like science fiction, but the new science of aging is turning it into science fact. Today, we learn the truth about aging and how to potentially slow, stop and even reverse it from one of the world's leading voices in the sci ... Show More
1h 4m
All of us would like to live longer, or to slow the debilitating effects of age. In How We Age: The Science of Longevity (Princeton UP, 2023), Coleen Murphy shows how recent research on longevity and aging may be bringing us closer to this goal. Murphy, a leading scholar of aging, explains that the study of model systems, particularly simple invertebrate ani ... Show More
<p>Welcome to <a href="https://a16z.com/2020/09/22/biology-aging/" target="_blank">the first episode of Bio Eats World</a>, a brand <a href="https://a16z.com/bio-eats-world-podcast/" target="_blank">new podcast</a> all about how biology <i>is</i> technology. Bio is breaking out o ... Show More
