Playlist

Jaw-dropping science breakthroughs

Revolutionary achievements, important discoveries and astounding leaps of progress that have fundamentally transformed the scientific world.

Rebecca Brachman

Could a drug prevent depression and PTSD?

Franz Freudenthal

A new way to heal hearts without surgery

Jennifer Doudna

How CRISPR lets us edit our DNA

Allan Adams

What the discovery of gravitational waves means

Tony Wyss-Coray

How young blood might help reverse aging. Yes, really

Samuel Cohen

Alzheimer's is not normal aging — and we can cure it

Grégoire Courtine

The paralyzed rat that walked

Tabetha Boyajian

The most mysterious star in the universe

Hugh Herr

The new bionics that let us run, climb and dance