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Life & Science
Sleep Research: What You Need To Know About Your Body Clock
Leading scientists Elizabeth Klerman and Till Roenneberg explain why sleep is vital to good health and how lifestyle choices can interfere with a good night’s rest…
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Noise: The Secret Enemy of Good Decision-Making
Hidden factors often influence our judgement, in life and business, Nobel Prize Laureate Daniel Kahneman and marketing guru Scott Galloway show in their DLD talks…
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The Future of Human Evolution
Biotechnology promises to revolutionize health and medicine. Harvard geneticist George Church shared his insights in a DLD Sync session with Ellen Jorgensen and Jamie Metzl.
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Gene Editing: Great Potential, Great Concerns
Fixing errors in the human DNA could cure diseases and greatly improve health – but only for the wealthy? UC Berkeley ethicist Jodi Halpern warns of a new gap between…
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Coronavirus: Managing A Crisis That Changes Everything
Drowning in news about the Covid-19 pandemic? We’ve created an overview of reliable sources, expert voices, studies and interactive tools. Take a look!
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Digital Health: How Brainlab Is Building a “GPS for the Human Body”
Precision medicine needs precise information. By creating 3D image models of patients’ bodies, Brainlab helps surgeons navigate to the right spot. Founder Stefan Vilsmeier explains…
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New Ways To Feed A Hungry Planet
We need alternative food sources, like lab meat and insects, to nourish ever more people without depleting the planet’s resources.
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Turning Biology Into Technology
Koniku founder Osh Agabi has a daring plan: He’s developing a new kind of of biochip made from brain tissue in order to create sensors that can sniff out explosives…
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The Future of Love
Esther Perel is recognized as one of today’s most insightful and original voices on modern relationships. With her podcast “Where Should We Begin?” the Belgian psychotherapist invites the listener into her…
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Pioneering Health Care Technology
Mary Lou Jepsen surely deserves to be called a technology pioneer. Most recently, she was an engineering executive at Facebook working on its Oculus virtual reality gear; before that she spent…
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Reconquering Values in the Light of Populism
In the spirit of this year's theme, experimental psychologist and Harvard professor Steven Pinker discussed reconquering values of enlightenment in conversation with journalist Andrian Kreye (Süddeutsche Zeitung) and philosophy professor Julian Nida-Rümelin (LMU Munich)…
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Of Real Planets & Synthetic Cells
One important part of DLD'S DNA are the life sciences. Breaking it down to the essentials, Petra Schwille, Director of the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, works on defining what…
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World’s First Ever Global Action Plan
In this passionate DLD20 talk, climate activist Marc Buckley discusses his global change manifesto and how society can reach the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) outlined by the United Nations. Key to realizing this vision will be the participation of corporations and…
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Robots, Manners and Stress
Yes, robots can stressed out too – and when that happens things can get ugly, even dangerous for humans, as Cambridge University researchers Ross Anderson and Ilia Shumailov explain in their DLD Summer presentation. As machines mix with humans more regularly, “we…
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