Channel Descriptionhttps://www.wired.com© Condé Nast 2024en-USThu, 27 Jun 2024 10:28:48 +0000https://www.wired.com/story/aging-might-not-be-inevitable-wired-health-venki-ramakrishnan/6674043cc1697581651a777dThu, 27 Jun 2024 08:00:00 +0000There are biological underpinnings to aging—and so researchers are investigating cell manipulations, transfusions of young blood, and chemical compounds that can mimic low-calorie diets.ScienceScience / Healthscience, health, aging, longevity, Biology, animals, Wired UKJoão MedeirosCondé NastWIRED Healthhttps://www.wired.com/story/wired-health-pushmeet-kohli-deepmind-ai-google/6673f93b94d0eeaac21a4cfcWed, 26 Jun 2024 08:00:00 +0000Google’s AI research lab DeepMind is steadily building knowledge of how genes and their products work inside the body—and how and why they sometimes go wrong.ScienceScience / Healthscience, artificial intelligence, Google, DeepMind, health, research, Wired UK, WIRED HealthJoão MedeirosCondé NastWIRED Healthhttps://www.wired.com/story/wired-health-rosamund-adoo-kissi-debrah-clean-air-pollution/6673f96076a9f862952ce4abWed, 26 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Toxic air kills over half a million children every year, yet only once has air pollution been listed as a cause of death on a death certificate.ScienceScience / Healthscience, health, london, pollution, Wired UK, WIRED HealthJoão MedeirosCondé NastWIRED Healthhttps://www.wired.com/story/pooping-on-the-moon-is-a-messy-business/665055aa113513485c5b20d6Tue, 25 Jun 2024 10:30:00 +0000If humans are to return to the moon, space agencies and governments need to figure out the legal, ethical, and practical dimensions of extraterrestrial waste management.ScienceScience / Spacescience, space, moon, Spacecraft, NASABecky FerreiraCondé NastA-poo-llo Missionhttps://www.wired.com/story/modern-architecture-starving-public-stimulation-thomas-heatherwick-cities-design-wired-health/6673f9ced884524281698366Tue, 25 Jun 2024 07:00:00 +0000Thomas Heatherwick believes architecture has a “nutritional value” to society—and that the public desperately deserve a better offering.ScienceScience / Healthscience, health, WIRED Health, Architecture, Cities, design, Wired UKJoão MedeirosCondé NastWIRED Healthhttps://www.wired.com/story/wired-health-hilary-evans-dementia-alzheimers/6673f8ac78e7b13d15965f19Mon, 24 Jun 2024 08:00:00 +0000It’s a question of when, not if, highly effective treatments become available, says the CEO of Alzheimer’s Research UK. 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