The Future of Everything
Host Russ Altman, a professor of bioengineering, genetics, and medicine at Stanford, is your guide to the latest science and engineering breakthroughs. Join Russ and his guests as they explore cutting-edge advances that are shaping the future of everything from AI to health and renewable energy. Along the way, “The Future of Everything” delves into ethical implications to give listeners a well-rounded understanding of how new technologies and discoveries will impact society. Whether you’re a res...
Episodes (1057)
Sharad Goel: How hidden bias affects the criminal justice system
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Paul Yock: Innovation in medical technology
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Margaret Brandeau: Math and computers help reshape health policy
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Tony Oro: Stem cell therapies for incurable diseases
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Michelle Monje: New therapies for brain cancer
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Dennis Wall: The changing face of autism diagnosis and treatment
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Xiaolin Zheng: New benefits of combustion revealed
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Londa Schiebinger: Why does gender matter?
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Billy Loo: “FLASH” radiation therapy brings hope to cancer patients
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Carlos Bustamante: Genomics has a diversity problem
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Robert Reich: Is it time to rethink philanthropy?
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Toomas Ilves: Lessons in digital democracy from Estonia
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Nigam Shah: Artificial Intelligence transforms health care
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Paul Oyer: Where, exactly, is the gig economy taking us?
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Alex Stamos: How do we preserve free speech in the era of fake news?
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Adina Sterling: How will artificial intelligence change hiring?
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Greg Beroza: Data helps prepare us for ‘The Big One’
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Anne Kiremidjian: Cities built to endure disaster
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Annelise Barron: The battle against Alzheimer’s is reinvigorated
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Riana Pfefferkorn: How are the boundaries of digital privacy shifting?
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Marshall Burke: The impact of climate change on human behavior
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David Magnus: How will artificial intelligence impact medical ethics?
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Balaji Prabhakar: Can digital incentives help alleviate traffic?
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Gopi Shah Goda: You’re probably not saving enough for retirement
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Dan Boneh: Still in early days, Blockchain is rich with possibility
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Sarah Billington: How we shape our buildings — and how they shape us
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Jeffrey Pfeffer: Your job is killing you
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Anna Grzymala-Busse: Lessons from the rise of global populism
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Andrew Grotto: Combating cyberthreats in the age of the cloud
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Anna Lembke: How do we fight the disease of addiction?
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Martha Crenshaw: Fighting terrorism in the age of social media
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Maya Rossin-Slater: Health policy and its impact on families
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Fred Turner: The 60s counterculture roots of today’s social networks
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Jeremy Bailenson: Taking a grand tour of the latest in virtual reality
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Roz Naylor: Changing how — and what — the world eats
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Michal Kosinski: Living in a post-privacy world
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Craig Criddle: Redefining waste treatment
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Michael Fischbach: Making sense of the gut biome
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Michael Bernstein: Welcome to the future of crowdsourcing
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Paul Wise: Saving the children, on the frontlines of war
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Maneesh Agrawala: Artificial intelligence comes to multimedia
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Sarah Heilshorn: Building replacement parts for the human body
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Jennifer Cochran: Guided missiles target cancer
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Manu Prakash: The physics of biology
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David Relman: What dolphins can teach us about our own health
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Megan Palmer: How do we solve the security challenges in biotech?
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Marco Pavone: How autonomy is shaping the future of space exploration
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Audrey Shafer: Why Frankenstein still holds a mirror to modern science
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Jenny Suckale: A Better Plan B for Managing Disasters
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Allison Okamura: Exploring the next big thing in modern robotics
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