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![Health Equity through a Climate Lens](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/21f37547-fcd7-40a3-9e7d-5606b7a4e818/53809458196_a39e326257_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=399%2C0%2C4641%2C4640&w=290)
Climate change, with its global threats to health, could destroy low-lying nations and push as many as 135 million people into poverty by 2030, according to the World Bank. But these catastrophic consequences are not inevitable. Acknowledging that the burdens of climate change have been distributed inequitably, and targeting aggressive action specifically to vulnerable pop...
![Sci-Fi or Reality? Talking Tomorrow’s Climate Tech](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/67c1104a-0ac3-459e-9a92-d199aebe8b33/53821312503_cbf498aa31_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1550%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
It sounds like sci-fi: Scientists are beaming solar energy from space, subbing seaweed for plastic and brightening clouds to reflect sunlight to lower temperatures in a warming world. In this series of short talks, innovators working at the cutting edge of climate tech share recent breakthroughs in the field.
![Resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth and Other Climate Moonshots](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/nullc6142414-7811-48b6-99e3-6a244527fc2d/34789051534_5c07d3e176_h.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=267%2C0%2C1065%2C1065&w=290)
As scientists have slowly come to grasp the seriousness of climate change, many have begun to doubt that humans can transition away from fossil fuels fast enough to avoid serious ecological collapse on land and in the oceans. Some researchers have suggested that we should take unusual measures to prevent these outcomes. Among the more familiar of these “moonshots” is the p...
![Deep Dive: Inside the Animal Mind (and Yours)](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/2038f250-e9c1-4626-86b1-cf7fa6a997fe/28245210057_9c61107e7a_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1120%2C0%2C4480%2C4480&w=290)
What can you learn about yourself by understanding the animal mind? A lot, it turns out. In this deep dive, three professors explain how your personality, logic, and ability to love might be informed by our animalistic natures. Friendliness in canines and primates is a major advantage in their evolution, just as it is for humans acting as tolerant citizens in a democracy....
![Francis Collins: Moving American Science Forward](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/9f0ad605-fb21-4ed1-adbb-572f34c054f8/52172157484_46ef4ebe11_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1376%2C0%2C5504%2C5504&w=290)
The recent leaps of science—sequencing the human genome, advancing the world-changing technology of CRISPR, deepening knowledge of the brain—owe much to Francis Collins’s brilliant mind and steady hand. Who better, then, to talk about what transformative discoveries come next? Genomics, immunotherapy, precision medicine, new uses for mRNA technology, and other interdiscipl...
![Exposomics: Environmental Exposures Shape Your Health for a Lifetime](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/23e0234d-ada6-494c-a298-f43416e98e68/240621_environmental_exposures_022.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1160%2C0%2C2667%2C2667&w=290)
Environmental stressors are a more potent influence on human health than genetic predisposition, a finding that has galvanized the emerging, interdisciplinary field of exposomics. Satellite technology, machine learning, and AI models are allowing experts at Mount Sinai’s Institute for Climate Change, Environmental Health, and Exposomics to reshape our understanding of what...
Science communicators Greg and Mitch of AsapSCIENCE share their journey of using science to connect with an array of audiences and advocate for big issues such as climate change action and diversity. Join this live session, with Q&A, where you’ll learn how to use science in your own field to compel audiences to care about your cause. Presented by YouTube
![In Conversation with CRISPR Pioneer Jennifer Doudna](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/e06f2d05-3842-45df-a7de-c5aee46ead67/53807864915_33f9fd0af3_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=1305%2C0%2C3101%2C3101&w=290)
Barely a dozen years ago, Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues published a paper in Science about CRISPR, the pioneering gene-editing technique that thrilled the scientific community. In 2020, the discovery earned her a Nobel Prize in Chemistry. CRISPR is now a mainstream area of study, with researchers looking at its use not only to advance medicine but also to improve ani...
![Is Space the Next Frontier of Health Research?](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/d5a7e21c-d240-4dd3-930a-b5b60ea852bf/AIHDonoviel.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=5010%2C0%2C6754%2C6750&w=290)
For health researchers, space is proving to be a unique laboratory to explore stem cells, pharmaceuticals, 3D bioprinting, food science, and more. TRISH's Dorit Donoviel, an Aspen Ideas: Health 2023 speaker, explains how collaboration and open science can help advance these "out-of-this-world" discoveries for all mankind.
![Tools for Drawing People In](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/bfce6032-8a38-4c53-80a6-2c32ac340d95/41280612560_3a246e7213_o.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=499%2C0%2C2002%2C2002&w=290)
For more than 130 years, the National Geographic Society has pushed the boundaries of science by engaging the average citizen in a deeper understanding of the planet. Join two Nat Geo Fellows, Joel Sartore, renowned animal photographer, and Scott Loarie, director of a plant and animal identification app, to learn about the tools and strategies they're using to connect peop...
![12 Trailblazing Women in Health, Medicine, and Science](https://aspenideasfestival.imgix.net/517cd35d-7fd2-425f-8ecf-fa2845050d9d/AIHGlassCeiling.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&fit=min&fm=jpg&h=290&q=80&rect=2127%2C0%2C3241%2C3240&w=290)
Since 2014, Aspen Ideas: Health has welcomed over 700 inspiring women leaders to our stages to share their bold approaches to better health. In honor of Women's History Month, we're taking a look back at some of the many highlights. From medical researchers and clinicians to entrepreneurs and activists, meet 12 change makers who are breaking barriers to reimagine a healthi...
Psychology Professor, University of Stirling; Scientific Director, Amboseli Elephant Research Project
Strategic Advisor for Environmental and Science Journalism, National Geographic Society