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The future of longevity

On The Future of Everything, David Rehkopf explains the science of longevity – and why people born in certain regions are more likely to make it to 90 or beyond.

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Coming in hot

The Stanford Moonshot Club built a motorized couch and achieved a degree of internet fame. Watch the vehicular furniture zipping around campus, with special appearances by Jennifer Widom, Persis Drell, and Mehran Sahami.

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Access is just the beginning

Health policy expert Alyce Adams on where health care delivery breaks down and how to remove the barriers to better outcomes.

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Hank Parker, master of heavy construction, has died

A veteran of mid-century highway and dam projects, Parker was enticed to Stanford by the opportunity to bring rigor to the construction industry.

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Kavita Patel on the new Biodesign Policy Fellowship

Stanford physician Kavita Patel discusses the new Biodesign Policy Fellowship. Fellows will learn how new therapies, treatments, and technologies are created and how laws and regulations determine the path into patient care.

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Enzymatic assembly lines

Chemical engineer Chaitan Khosla explains why microbes make the best drug factories in the world, and why science is still playing catch-up.

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The future of seeing

Neuroscientist Kalanit Grill-Spector explains how advances in brain imaging and computing are unlocking the secrets of human vision in this episode of The Future of Everything.

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Perry McCarty has died

The environmental engineer’s groundbreaking experiments led to the discovery of anaerobic bacteria that could break down contaminants in groundwater reservoirs.

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The future of trauma therapy

Promising new cognitive and behavioral therapies are helping patients manage and even cure PTSD without drugs, Debra Kaysen explains on this episode of The Future of Everything.

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The future of wastewater

Engineer Bill Mitch explains why purifying wastewater could be the answer to the world’s freshwater shortage on this episode of The Future of Everything.

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