Nova: Can We Live Forever?

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This provocative episode of NOVA scienceNOW examines whether we can slow down the aging process, looks at the latest on human hibernation, and checks in with bioengineers and a computer scientist inventing ways to "keep us going" forever. Host Neil deGrasse Tyson also takes a lighthearted look at whether the tricks that have kept a 1966 Volvo running for 2.7 million miles can also help the human body go the extra mile
World's Highest Mileage Car (5:04)
Personalized Body Parts (1:58)
Making Organs Without a Body (3:05)
Heart's Protein Framework (2:04)
Scaffold of a Heart (3:17)
Reality of Building Organs (3:10)
Finding the Fountain of Youth (2:26)
Master Control Gene: FOXO (3:42)
Honolulu Heart Program (2:47)
Hawaiian Aging Study Confirmed (2:34)
Computer-Generated Holograms (2:30)
Becoming a Techno Hippie (3:01)
Creating a Realistic Avatar (3:57)
Back From the Dead (3:36)
Therapy for Trauma Victims (2:02)
Cooling Therapy (2:53)
Can We Live Forever?: Final Thoughts (2:24)
Sponsorship & Credits: Can We Live Forever? (1:42)

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