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Episode 2: Phony Fountains

Unlocking The Fountain by CBC

Oct 5, 202100:35:19Science & Medicine

Today’s aging science is built on shaky foundations, from Ponce de Leon’s legendary quest for the fountain of youth, to surgeons who transplanted monkey testicles into men. We also look at cryonics and mind-uploading --...

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Episode 2: Phony Fountains is an episode from Unlocking The Fountain by CBC. Today’s aging science is built on shaky foundations, from Ponce de Leon’s legendary quest for the fountain of youth, to surgeons who transplanted monkey testicles...

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Published Oct 5, 2021, 00:35:19 long, audio available.

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Today’s aging science is built on shaky foundations, from Ponce de Leon’s legendary quest for the fountain of youth, to surgeons who transplanted monkey testicles into men. We also look at cryonics and mind-uploading -- speculative science that purports to bring people back from the dead.

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Published Oct 5, 2021 and 00:35:19 long