The #1 antidote to aging | Daniel Lieberman, Morgan Levine & more
AdultsHealthHumanLifeWellness 5 health experts, including Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman, share the exact ways exercise can lead to a healthier lifespan.
The time I was a human incubator
AdultsHealthHumanLifeParenting Premature babies majorly benefit from skin-to-skin contact with a parent –also known as “kangaroo care”– because it reduces infections and hypothermia and increases weight gain and parental involvement.
The Woman Who Saved the World
AdultsHistoryLifeScienceHealth On her way to winning the 2023 Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on mRNA vaccines, Katalin Karikó lived a life made for the big screen.
The best pregnancy test used to be this frog ... no, really - Carly Anne York
AdultsAnimalsNatureScienceBiologyHealth Dig into how African clawed frogs can help detect human pregnancy, and how their use in experiments had unintended consequences.
Nutritionist Answers Health Questions From Twitter
AdultsEducationEnvironmentFoodHealthNutrition Nutritionist Dr. David Katz joins WIRED to answer your nutrition questions from the internet. How do you change your metabolism? What’s the best diet for health and longevity?
Chernobyl's Radioactive Puppies Need Your Help!
AdultsAnimalsHistoryLifeEnvironmentHealth Thirty seven years after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, an incredible population of dogs remains in Chernobyl.
The Single Most Important Parenting Strategy
AdultsHumanLifePsychologyParentingHealth Everyone loses their temper from time to time — but the stakes are dizzyingly high when the focus of your fury is your own child.
The #1 way to strengthen your mind is to use your body | Wendy Suzuki
AdultsBiologyHealthHumanWellnessMental Health Exercise gives your brain a “bubble bath of neurochemicals,” says Wendy Suzuki, a professor of neural science.
In The Future, Death Will Be Different
AdultsHealthHistoryHumanFutureScience In the future, humans will likely die of a very different suite of causes than we do now, thanks to advances in healthcare, an aging population, and changes in the environment.
The Most Dangerous Weapon Is Not Nuclear
AdultsBiotechnologyEconomyScienceHealth A breathtaking scientific revolution is taking place – biotechnology has been progressing at stunning speed, giving us the tools to eventually gain control over biology. On the one hand solving the deadliest diseases while also creating viruses more dangerous than nuclear bombs, able to devastate humanity.
Blindness Isn't a Tragic Binary — It's a Rich Spectrum | Andrew Leland | TED
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceDisabilityHealthSociety When does vision loss become blindness? Writer, audio producer and editor Andrew Leland explains how his gradual loss of vision revealed a paradoxical truth about blindness -- and shows why it might have implications for how all of us see the world.
The Reason Why Cancer is so Hard to Beat
AdultsBiologyHumanScienceHealth An undead city under siege, soldiers and police ruthlessly shooting down waves of zombies that flood from infected streets, trying to escape and infect more cities. This is what happens when your body fights cancer, more exciting than any movie.
Are solar panels worth it?
AdultsHealthHistoryTechnologyEnergyEconomy Today in many countries solar is the cheapest form of energy to produce. Millions of homes are equipped with rooftop solar, with most units paying for themselves in their first seven to 12 years and then generating further savings.