Aubrey de Grey has identified seven categories of molecular and cellular damage. He says if we can prevent or repair that damage, there's no reason why people can't go on living indefinitely.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Eric Steel tells Steve Paulson that his crew filmed The Golden Gate Bridge every daylight minute for one year, and thus witnessed many suicides and even more attempts.
Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff talks about his new book, "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now."
Ralph Nader's Dangerous Idea? Drafting the children and grandchildren of elected representatives.
David Bainbridge tells Steve Paulson that as soon as a woman becomes pregnant, the baby begins to dominate her biology, causing significant changes in her immune system.
Novelist Ben Cheever, son of John Cheever, talks with Jim Fleming about the price of fame and remembers the way people treated him because of his famous father.
Journalist David Shenk says Alzheimer's an ancient illness afflicting some 5 million Americans, and that the number of cases is sure to rise dramatically as the Baby Boomers age.
Christa Parravani talks about her book, "Her," a memoir about the special bond she shares with her identical twin sister.
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