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The Future of Everything

Host Russ Altman, a professor of bioengineering, genetics, and medicine at Stanford, is your guide t

Episodes

Total: 329

Bioengineer Kwabena Boahen builds highly efficient “neuromorphic” supercomputers modeled on the huma

In a world where a drug takes years and billions of dollars to develop, just one in 20 candidates ma

When Stanford bioengineer Markus Covert first decided to create a computer model able to simulate th

COVID-19 is changing how many scientists, like Stanford sleep expert Rafael Pelayo, MD, view their f

Marietje Schaake was a Member of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2019 and now serves as the int

Andrew Huberman is a Stanford neurobiologist and ophthalmologist keenly interested in the biology of

Manu Prakash was in France when COVID-19 took hold throughout the world. There, the Stanford bioengi

With the emergence of touchscreen smartphones, tablets and watches, so much of our lives is spent on

There was a time when all great cities were built near water. Whether for agriculture, aesthetics, e

In recent years, biologists have learned that the vaginal microbiome — the make-up of the bacteria i

Mechanical engineer Sheri Sheppard got her start in engineering working on the Corvette for General

We’re all familiar with those algorithms on our favorite e-commerce and streaming services that reco

Artificial intelligence can help us design safety-critical systems for aircraft and other vehicles t

With a degree in photography with a concentration in mathematics and boasting high-profile jobs at t

Stanford engineering alumnus Michael O’Sullivan, now at the University of Auckland, likes to say his

Megan Palmer, executive director of Biopolicy and Leadership Initiatives at Stanford, joins bioengin

As she tells it, the life of immunologist Catherine Blish has not changed all that much from what it

Seema Yasmin is a rarity in public health: a medical doctor who is also a journalist. As such, she’s

Child psychiatrist Victor Carrion has dedicated his career to studying and helping people deal with

When humans roamed as hunters and gatherers, the ability to retain calories likely determined who li