Name: Forging the Future | Disease-Free World: The Microbiome
Uploaded: 2023-11-02
Duration: 46 min 20 s
Description: To create a disease-free world, scientists are pushing the envelope in every conceivable way. This episode features the most cutting-edge scientists—including Nobel-prize winners—who are harnessing the power of "The Microbiome" to heal and prevent disease.

Explore the most exciting disciplines in popular science today to see how the cutting-edge technologies work and impact the real world.

Cyborgs from the movies aren't as far-fetched as we may think. This program features a true-to-life cyborg who, at four months of age, was outfitted with a myoelectric hand. Also see engineers working to give mechanical prosthetics something incredible: the sensation of touch!

Cyborg Revolution

Everyone has heard about Artificial Intelligence (or “AI”), but few know what it really is or how it actually works. Bring this abstract topic to life by visiting the most cutting-edge engineering firms where innovative technologists are using AI to transform machines into thinking robots.

Hyper Intelligence

Is Human Immortality moving from science fiction to science fact? It may no longer be a question of “if,” but “when?” One scientist is making lab-grown organs that grow quickly and can resist rejection. Another biologist has identified the “longevity gene,” which can slow the aging process.

Human Immortality

The new Space Race is heating up! Will humans get to Mars? Meet the visionaries who are making this future possible. Once exclusively financed by governments, private companies are now developing the means of living in outer space.

Life Off Earth

To create a disease-free world, scientists are pushing the envelope in every conceivable way. This episode features the most cutting-edge scientists—including Nobel-prize winners—who are harnessing the power of "The Microbiome" to heal and prevent disease.

Disease-Free World: The Microbiome

Scientists at large are using gene-editing technologies to revolutionize the food supply chain, prevent famines and reverse global warming. By using gene-editing tools like CRISPR and PRIME editing to “re-program” the genetics of living organisms, scientists can help save the planet.