Aging

Aging

A man with short hair and a beard, wearing a light blue button-up shirt, sits indoors in front of a wooden wall.
21mins
"By keeping people biologically younger, we can enjoy a longer health span, a longer period of healthy life where we're active, where we're happy, where we can engage in our hobbies, and play with our grandkids and great grandkids."
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54mins
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"This will help people take meaningful steps to slow the rate of aging and increase what we call their health span or their kind of time of life expectancy free from disease."
An older man sits on a chair in front of a white backdrop in a modern, brightly lit room with colorful pillows and minimalist decor.
16mins
"Being connected to another person makes us feel safer and keeps our bodies at a kind of physiologic equilibrium that promotes health."
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13mins
“Over the last 10 or 15 years, scientists have really started to understand the fundamental underlying biology of the aging process. And they broke this down into 12 hallmarks of aging.”
A man sits on a chair in a photo studio, flanked by black-and-white illustrations of an early human ancestor on the left and a modern man running on the right.
1hr 13mins
“Nothing about human behavior makes sense except in the light of culture and in anthropology, and we need to understand the cultural component to our behaviors as well.”
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18mins
“We know that as little as 10 minutes of walking can improve your mood, that is getting that bubble bath with the dopamine, serotonin, endorphins going, anybody can do that.”
A hand clasps an older, wrinkled hand against a black background, symbolizing care and support.
4mins
Americans are getting older, and so are traditional healthcare methods. CEO of Northwell Health Michael Dowling shares his take on how we can develop the best care for our elderly loved ones.
Northwell Health
Red ink disperses in water with the words "Menopause Chaos" overlaid in bold white font.
13mins
What can you do to support your health during menopause? “If exercise were a drug, that would be the one thing that we would be giving to everybody.”
7mins
Is human overpopulation alarmist hype with disturbing consequences? Oxford data scientist Hannah Ritchie debunks the overpopulation myth.
A man sitting on a bench in the dark.
5mins
60% of people feel disconnected. Harvard professor Robert Waldinger addresses the science behind humanity’s loneliness epidemic and suggests ways to solve it.
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8mins
He revolutionized hospitality, twice. Chip Conley shares his secrets to being able to evolve in an ever-changing world.
A man is walking towards a crate with the number 60 on it.
6mins
People are living longer than ever, challenging our assumptions around milestones like retirement. Economist Lynda Gratton explains a “multi-stage life,” and how retiring later isn’t necessarily something to fear.
A man doing push ups in a gym.
3mins
Exercise neuroscientist Wendy Suzuki explains how your brain can age gracefully and optimally — and it starts with just a 10-minute walk.
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3mins
Age expert Dr. Morgan Levine explains why living to 100 is the wrong goal.
a birthday cake with the number 100 on it.
4mins
Former Yale professor Dr. Morgan Levine shares 3 ways to change your diet to extend your life.
two hands reaching for each other with the words your true age.
9mins
Your chronological age and your biological age aren’t the same thing. This ex-Yale professor explains how to tell the difference.
5mins
Why does time move forward but not backward? Physicist Sabine Hossenfelder explains.
4mins
Futurist Ari Wallach shares how to become future-conscious.
exercise myths
Exercise culture is crazy. But what you need to do is exceedingly simple.
A surreal painting ponders is time travel possible, with melting clocks draped over a tree, ledge, and abstract form in a barren landscape against distant cliffs.
Theoretical physicist Brian Greene explores the potential particles of time and why we could, in theory, travel forward in time but not back.
John Templeton Foundation
7mins
It’s not a glitch in the matrix. It’s not the Mandela effect. There’s actually a scientific reason you remember things wrong.