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Dan Buettner shares insights from Blue Zones, regions where people live the longest, revealing nine common habits that promote longevity.
Dan Buettner's TED talk 'How to live to be 100+' reveals Blue Zones lifestyle factors like diet and community that unlock longevity, directly supporting the trending science of living healthier longer.
Discuss: Which Blue Zone habit could extend your healthspan?
What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? If you think it's fame and money, you're not alone – but, according to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, you're mistaken. As the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, Waldinger has unprecedented access to data on true happiness and satisfaction. In this talk, he shares three important lessons learned from the study as well as some practical, old-as-the-hills wisdom on how to build a fulfilling, long life.
Robert Waldinger's TED talk on the 75-year happiness study shows that strong relationships are the key predictor of a good life and directly support longevity by fostering healthier aging, complementing the science of living longer.
"Good relationships keep us happier and healthier."
Discuss: What role do your relationships play in your own longevity goals?
What makes our bodies age ... our skin wrinkle, our hair turn white, our immune systems weaken? Biologist Elizabeth Blackburn shares a Nobel Prize for her work finding out the answer, with the discovery of telomerase: an enzyme that replenishes the caps at the end of chromosomes, which break down when cells divide.
Elizabeth Blackburn's TED talk on the science of cells that never get old reveals how telomeres influence cellular aging, directly advancing the trending topic of unlocking longevity by enabling healthier, longer lives through targeted cellular maintenance.
Discuss: Which telomere-based interventions show the most promise for extending healthspan today?
Rob Knight is a pioneer in studying human microbes, the community of tiny single-cell organisms living inside our bodies that have a huge — and largely unexplored — role in our health.
Rob Knight's TED Talk reveals how our microbiome shapes identity and health, directly linking to breakthroughs in gut-brain connections and microbiome research.
Discuss: How could microbiome insights transform treatments for mental health disorders?
Giulia Enders explains the fascinating world of the gut, its connection to the brain, and its role in revolutionizing health and wellness.
Giulia Enders' TED talk on the charming science of the gut reveals how the microbiome shapes our health, directly linking to emerging research on the gut-brain connection and microbiome frontiers.
Discuss: What microbiome changes could most impact mental health outcomes?
