Dr Karan Explores14 Feb 2025

Can We Cheat Death? Nobel Prize Winner Breaks Down the Science of Living Forever

💬 “Evolution doesn't select for longevity. It doesn't care how long you live.” ~Venki Ramakrishnan

⚡️ Venki Ramakrishnan is a Nobel Prize-winning biologist, former president of the Royal Society and author of Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and Longevity.

⚡ In this episode Venki and I uncover the science of why we die, whether there’s a biological reason why we can’t live forever, and what will happen if we do eventually crack the longevity code.

🎧 Stay tuned to find out:

➡ Whether the $30 billion longevity industry has brought us any closer to immortality

➡︎ Why we’re living longer, but with more disability and disease than ever

➡︎ Why death and our own mortality makes life worth living

➡︎ How even scientists are taking controversial longevity drugs like metformin

➡︎ The best, science-backed ways to add healthy years onto your life

📕 Chapters

(0:32) Why do we die?

(3:06) What do we mean by death?

(4:26) Are we close to reversing death?

(5:57) Why we want to live forever

(9:11) Do humans have an age limit?

(11:07) Living healthier for longer

(16:06) What causes ageing?

(21:15) Your chronological age doesn’t matter

(26:17) How to improve biological age

(28:16) Why some animals live longer

(31:35) Dangers of experimental longevity “hacks”

(40:42) Ethical dilemmas of extending lifespan

(46:04) Simple ways to life for longer

(47:52) Memento Mori

(53:46) Longevity research that works

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