Every millisecond of every day, you, everyone you know, every rock on the ground, every star in the sky... they're all aging. And podcasts are no exception. In fact, Tangents is hitting a milestone in its aging as we bring season 4 to a close with this episode! You can't hear the dull roar of time lurching ever onward if you're listening to a funny show, so come listen!
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[Trivia Question]
Epigenetic clock of dog years vs. human years
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/theres-new-better-formula-calculating-dog-years-180973575/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32619550/
[Fact Off]
Brown-Séquard and using testicle injections to reverse aging
https://archive.org/details/Brown-sequardC.-e.TheEffectProducedOnManBySubcutaneousInjectionsOfA
https://academic.oup.com/brain/article/140/5/1525/3760152
https://www.jci.org/articles/view/57089
Sperm aging/senescence in toads and other vertebrates
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0050820
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/683429
https://support.webb.uu.se/digitalAssets/52/a_52297-f_BeckyTREE.pdf
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21332857/
[Ask the Science Couch]
Causing/reversing aging in mice through epigenetics (ICE - inducible changes to epigenome)
https://hms.harvard.edu/news/loss-epigenetic-information-can-drive-aging-restoration-can-reverse
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(22)01570-7
https://newatlas.com/biology/epigenetic-reboot-reverse-aging-extend-lifespan
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.01.04.522507v1
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2975-4
[Butt One More Thing]
C. elegans rapid senescence (kind of lactation)