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Hear the latest cutting-edge research on the impact of space travel on stem cells and astronaut health.
06/03/2026

Hear the latest cutting-edge research on the impact of space travel on stem cells and astronaut health.

Stem cell health in space matters for astronaut health and cancer research. Jessica Pham, UC San Diego, explains how spaceflight shapes normal hematopoietic stem cells and cancer stem cells through nano bioreactor studies, astronaut blood analysis, and tumor organoid work in low-Earth orbit. Pham ex...

See how global warming fuels weather close to home...
05/31/2026

See how global warming fuels weather close to home...

How does global warming connect to the extreme weather people experience close to home? Drawing on the work of the Weather Extremes and Climate Impacts Analytics group, Sasha Gershunov of Scripps Institution of Oceanography outlines the accelerating warming trend, the role of fossil fuels and carbon...

Activist Bill McKibben talks climate solutions...
05/30/2026

Activist Bill McKibben talks climate solutions...

Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben has helped shape how the world understands climate change. In this conversation with Marco Werman, host of The World, McKibben offers a clear-eyed look at the climate crisis and the solutions that could help reduce the damage of a warming planet.As part of t...

Learn when and how to biopsy for prostate cancer.
05/23/2026

Learn when and how to biopsy for prostate cancer.

As part of the 2026 UCSF Patient Conference on Prostate Cancer, Dr. Matthew R. Cooperberg discusses when and how to biospsy for prostate cancer. Recorded on 04/17/2026.

Learn how researchers can use sensitive health data to improve medical AI while better protecting patient privacy.
05/17/2026

Learn how researchers can use sensitive health data to improve medical AI while better protecting patient privacy.

Privacy-preserving computation can help hospitals and researchers use sensitive health data without exposing it. Farinaz Koushanfar, Ph.D., UC San Diego, explains how secure computation and distributed learning make it possible to collaborate on medical data while protecting patient privacy. Koushan...

See how fire-resilient design can help create homes that are both beautiful and better prepared for wildfire.
05/16/2026

See how fire-resilient design can help create homes that are both beautiful and better prepared for wildfire.

Architect Drew Hubbell explores the intersection of sustainable design and architectural artistry, highlighting how thoughtful, aesthetically rich structures can also embody strong environmental principles. He presents several recent projects, with particular attention to their fire-resistant strate...

How research in space might lead to possible treatments for Alzheimer's disease and autism.
05/10/2026

How research in space might lead to possible treatments for Alzheimer's disease and autism.

Brain aging and neurological disease are hard to study because living human brain tissue is difficult to access. Alysson Muotri, Ph.D., UC San Diego, explains how brain organoids sent to space can model accelerated aging, reveal changes in neural networks, and help test potential treatments for brai...

From the author of the little book that started a revolution, Carol Gilligan talks about why women prioritize human conn...
05/09/2026

From the author of the little book that started a revolution, Carol Gilligan talks about why women prioritize human connection.

Carol Gilligan, professor at New York University, received the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy, specifically in the field of Thought and Ethics, for pioneering a new horizon for the "ethic of care" while pointing out the distortions and limitations of conventional psychological theories pertainin...

How to have more open conversations about well-being, intimacy, and aging.
05/09/2026

How to have more open conversations about well-being, intimacy, and aging.

Sexual health is an important part of healthy aging and offers a useful way to understand how well-being can change without disappearing in later life. Annie L. Nguyen, Ph.D., M.P.H., UC San Diego, explains how sexual interest, sexual activity, and sexual satisfaction follow different patterns as pe...

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