Uploaded November 2013 | Updated September 2026, 53 minutes ago
Our new PODCAST: link.podtrac.com/SciStuff_PHD_Comics
ORDER our new book: tinyurl.com/OutMindBook
Why do we grow old? Integrative Biologist Joao Pedro de Magalhaes explains what aging is and how we can extend our lifespan.
Subscribe to PHD TV! youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=phdcomics
More at: phdcomics.com/tv
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/piledhigheranddeeper
Twitter: twitter.com/phdcomics
Animated by: Jorge Cham
Produced by Piled Higher and Deeper in partnership with The Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group at The University of Liverpool. Funding provided by The University of Liverpool.
Featuring: Joao Pedro de Magalhaes pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~aging
For more information on Aging: senescence.info
Our new PODCAST: link.podtrac.com/SciStuff_PHD_Comics
ORDER our new book: tinyurl.com/OutMindBook
Why do we grow old? Integrative Biologist Joao Pedro de Magalhaes explains what aging is and how we can extend our lifespan.
Subscribe to PHD TV! youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=phdcomics
More at: phdcomics.com/tv
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/piledhigheranddeeper
Twitter: twitter.com/phdcomics
Animated by: Jorge Cham
Produced by Piled Higher and Deeper in partnership with The Integrative Genomics of Ageing Group at The University of Liverpool. Funding provided by The University of Liverpool.
Featuring: Joao Pedro de Magalhaes pcwww.liv.ac.uk/~aging
For more information on Aging: senescence.info









![In Which an Earthquake Convicts Seismologists of Manslaughter
**ORDER our new book: http://WeHaveNoIdea.com
The AudioPH[i]D
Ep. 2 - 12/4/12: In Which an Earthquake Convicts Seismologists of Manslaughter
Laurence Yeung, Crystal Dilworth, Zach Tobin, and Evans Boney team up to bring us the most recent (well, sort of) academic news, a closer look at the Italian seismology scandal, and the inside scoop on when we can expect our fusion reactors to come online - its news at the speed of academic publication!
Visit our website for more videos: http://www.phdcomics.com/tv
Subscribe to our channel: http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=phdcomics
Credits:
Produced by: Laurence Yeung
Written by: Evans Boney, Zach Tobin, and Laurence Yeung
Special Thanks to: Jorge Cham, Meg Rosenburg, Arturo Dominguez, Sam Marcus, and Lisl Walsh
Opening Theme Composed by: Michael Gallant (more info: www.gallantmusic.com)
Theme Performed by: Michael Gallant and Laurence Yeung
Visual Editing by: Meg Rosenburg
Additional Credits:
Funded in part by the National Science Foundation
Thanks to: Freesound.org (in particular, users freqman, erh, pushtobreak, corsica, suonidibologn, herbertboland, gleepglop, j1987, ljudman, and john-scott) and Freemusicarchive.org (Izdih by Kobayashii, Breda and Wo0, DC 3000 by Thievery Corporation, Andante from Italian Concerto performed by Catrin Finch, Really Really by My Bubba & Mi, Wizball by Gustav Taxén, and Now Get Busy by The Beastie Boys)
This podcast is distributed by PHDtv for Piled Higher and Deeper Publishing. In Which an Earthquake Convicts Seismologists of Manslaughter](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oq18hKzOt7E/mqdefault.jpg)
