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What is life? Where do its boundaries begin, and where do they end? These are some of the simple yet daunting questions science writer Carl Zimmer explores in his new book, Life’s Edge: The Search for What It Means to Be Alive. From the coronavirus to consciousness, Zimmer seeks to demonstrate that biology, for all its advances, has yet to achieve its greatest possible triumph: a full theory of life. Join this conversation to understand why one of life’s greatest mysteries remains the definition of life itself.
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Aspen Ideas 2021: A Playlist
From blockchain to back to school and virus-hunting to bridging divides, speakers at the 2021 Aspen Ideas Festival addressed issues in a new kind of world—one touched, and cha...
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2022 Festival
Taming Fire
Video — 46m 49s

2022 Festival
In Conversation: David Byrne and Janna Levin on the Mind, Theater, and the Elusive Self
Video — 44m 34s

2022 Festival
Black Hole Survival Guide
Video — 52m 13s

2022 Health
Gen Z Innovators Changing the World
Video — 50m 34s

2022 Health
Overhauling Women’s Healthcare
Video — 51m 42s

2022 Health
Art as Medicine
Video — 1h 8m 30s

2022 Health
Healing Serious Mental Illness
Video — 50m 38s

2022 Health
Countering Racial Bias with Empathy
Video — 49m 26s

2022 Health
Francis Collins: Moving American Science Forward
Video — 54m 31s

2022 Health
Novavax Presents: The Last Mile: Coming Together to Make Vaccines Make a Difference
Video — 48m 30s

2022 Health
Report from the Cancer Battlefield, 50 Years Later
Video — 49m 30s

2022 Health
Deborah Birx: Surviving in the Hot Seat
Video — 50m 46s

2022 Health
Can We Put the Pandemic Behind Us?
Video — 50m 41s

2022 Health
The Reckoning: Opioids and the Pursuit of Justice
Video — 49m 50s

2022 Health
Reinvigorating Clinical Trials
Video — 49m 18s

2022 Health
Pfizer Presents: Inclusive Research, More Equitable Medicine
Video — 49m 10s

2022 Health
Johnson & Johnson Presents: Healthcare in Critical Condition: Who Cares When Nurses Leave?
Video — 51m 57s

2022 Health
Ensuring COVID Vaccinations for All
Video — 49m 33s

2022 Health
The Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust Presents: The World Around Us
Video — 49m 43s
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