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ld manuscripts from different cultures that have a long history behind them have taught us that we are not immortal, but our ancestors once had a life span of hundreds of years. Until 1961 we thought based on our knowledge that cells within an organic body are immortal when it comes to the aging process. We as humans age, but our cells have the same abilities.

Until 1961 we turned to different religions, cultures, and other historical sources to gain some understanding as to why we age. Science did not quite understand it, therefore it wasnt able to give a reason behind the natural aging process. That was until 1961 when a biomedical expert made a discovery that changed the medical world forever.

Hayflick was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 20th of May, 1928. His parents, Edna Hayflick and Nathan Hayflick were working in the medical field which is a factor in Hayflicks attraction to science and also biomedicine. What really pushed him forward to becoming a scientist in the medical field was at his birthday when he was turning nine. His uncle brought him a chemistry set as a birthday present.

Later on, in his teenage years, his parents built him a small biology and chemistry laboratory in the basement of their house. Once he started going to John Bartram High School in Philadelphia,Hayflick was so knowledgeable that he was the one correcting his chemistry teacher.

Hayflick was supposed to start studying at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946, but he had postponed his studies for military service. After his military service from 1946 to 1948, he returned to continue his studies. After graduating in 1951, he was hired as a research assistant in bacteriology. Although the job was good, he loved the environment within the University of Pennsylvania, which is why he returned to do a Masters degree. Once he graduated,he won a fellowship to a Ph.D. program in medical microbiology and chemistry. He received his Doctorate in 1956.

At the Wistar Institute in 1958, Hayflick began to study whether or not viruses could cause cancers inhumans. That is why he would extract the viruses said to cause cancer and place them into normal healthy human cells to see if this was the case. In order to make the study unbiased, he had to use multiple samples, this meant growing more cells. Working on the culture of cells, he noticed something out of the ordinary, an older group of cells stopped dividing and he didnt understand why.

The cells were not dead as they kept metabolizing, but they would not divide anymore. After looking at other cell cultures, he noticed thatmost of them would stop dividing about 50 cell population doublings.

In order to understand why this is quite unusual, here is a quick science lesson. Within our life, all our cells divide, this is a process that cannot be stopped. With each division, thetelomeresthat can be found at the end of eachChromosomeget shorter and shorter to the point where they become very short. At that point, the cells stop dividing.A representation of a cell dividing and with each division the telomeres get shorter (Source:CleanPNG)

Up to that point, scientists believed that the natural aging process was linked to the source of life, something that even to this day we are not able to understand or comprehend. Upon discovering this about the cells, Hayflick stopped his research of cancerous cells and focused on what today is known as gerontology (the study of the aging process).

In 2 years of research, he discovered that cellular aging was linked to the age of our human body and it is the reason why we only live around 125 years. His paper was published in 1961 entitled The serial cultivation of human diploid cell strains. In another study conducted, he looked at cells collected from different parts of the body as well as compared the cells collected from adults and fetuses.

All of the cells were dividing about 40 to a maximum of 60 times before stopping.Once they have stopped they would degenerate and die. The same applies to humans once they reach senior age, and this is what is the cause of natural death. The body degenerates and therefore it dies. The theory is very well described in his paper, as he mentions that the length of telomeres presented in different cells can take more or less time to shorten to the point where the cell division stops.

Some cells divide only 40 times before they stop because due to the length of the telomers, also proving that every DNA is quite Unique. What this means is prof to why some people age quicker than others, it all comes down to genes. At around 60 divisions (if taken in correlation with the age of a person), the age of that person should be around 125 years old, anddue to good genes containing longer telomeres, they manage to reach such an age.

A cell could completemitosis, or cellular duplication and division, only forty to sixty times before undergoingapoptosisand subsequent death. As our bodies are made up only of cells, this would explain why death from old age is a thing. Also, the paper shows that with every cellular duplication and division, the cell itself becomes more fragile, sort of weaker, and less efficient at the mitosis process.Presenting the lifecycle of cells that are in the subcultivation process (duplicating and dividing) from Heyflicks study in 1961. (Source:ScienceDirect)

Above we can see the study conducted by Heyflick in 1961 where he tried to see how many times can a cell duplicate and divide within a cellular culture. When the 50th mitosis is complete, the cell stops and quickly begins the apoptosis process where the cell dies.

This is a perfect representation of the human aging process. With time as we become older, our bodies weaken, so do all the senses such as sight or hearing and most importantly, the healing process of any wound is slowed down due to cells taking longer to regenerate. As the cells are shown in the study and as in the cell of every organism, everything becomes slower and more difficult. Now when you hear old people complaining about pain and life becoming harder and harder you will understand why.

If it werent for Heyflick, we would still probably not understand the process of aging. Of course, there are much newer studies out there that give a better-defined explanation of the aging process. Isnt it interesting how the most important discoveries within the medical field happened by accident? In this case, it was not really an accident, but a small detail within another study that could have been simply overseen.

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By Lori Harwood, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Wednesday

This year's Downtown Lecture Series, hosted by the University of Arizona College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, will focus on the theme "sexualities," exploring the complex ways that gender and sexuality shape our lives, from the intimate to the institutional.

Speakers for this year's series will address the cultural impacts of drag performance, 19th-century sex scandals, reproductive justice and how gender and sexuality are taught, or not taught, in schools. The talks will be held on Oct. 12, 19, 26 and Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. at the Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.

The series is sponsored by the Stonewall Fund at the Community Foundation for Southern Arizona.

In-person attendees can register online for free tickets. The talks will also be recorded for those who can't attend, with livestream links available on the lecture series website.

Launched in 2013, the Downtown Lecture Series was created to bring the university and Tucson communities together in downtown Tucson to learn about topics that relate to people's everyday lives. Over the years, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences faculty along with university and community colleagues have presented on happiness, food, immortality, privacy, truth and trust in the global scene, music, animals, woman power, and compassion.

"As the new dean of SBS, I am excited to be a part of the 10th anniversary of the Downtown Lecture Series. Our scholars will draw on their research to share fresh insights and add nuance to complex and timely topics involving gender and sexuality," said Lori Poloni-Staudinger, who joined the university as dean of the college in July. "I am also pleased that this year's series shares the expertise of not just amazing SBS faculty but also brilliant scholars from the Colleges of Humanities and Education."

Eric Plemons, associate professor in the School of Anthropology, studies the politics and practice of transgender medicine and is the curator of this year's series.

"It's been exciting to conceptualize this series on such a huge topic that touches our lives in so many different ways," Plemons said. "My approach to the series was to think broadly about sexualities. We often imagine sexuality as an identity-based word or about our intimacies. But certainly when we think about educational policy or health care or marriage, these are all places where our sexuality as individuals and as a group gets really messy and blurry."

Plemons added, "I often say as an anthropologist, you always want to study a controversy, because that's where you know that something really matters to people."

Here is the full series lineup.

Oct. 12: 21st Century Drag: Queer Play from Social Media to Story Hour

Harris Kornstein, assistant professor in the College of Humanities, will discuss research into two of drag's more recent frontiers: digital performances of identity via social media, and children's story hours. Drawing on their own performance practice, Kornstein will focus on the ways drag disrupts binaries of truth and fiction, visibility and privacy, and pleasure and politics.

Oct. 19: Sex, Scandal, and Reputation in Early California

Erika Prez, associate professor in the Department of History, will discuss her ongoing research on sex scandals and sex crimes in 19th-century California, focusing on a few specific legal cases and newspaper accounts to illustrate popular debates and societal anxiety about female sexuality, courtship and the absence of patriarchal protection.

Oct. 26: Personhood Under Patriarchy: Reproductive Justice in Arizona and Beyond

Louise Marie Roth, professor in the School of Sociology, will explore legal cases and birth trends that illustrate the implications of fetus-centered and woman-centered approaches to pregnancy for evidence-based care during pregnancy, miscarriage and birth. She will argue that an emphasis on fetal personhood has the effect of negating personhood for fertile women.

Nov. 1: The Power of Stories: Talking about Gender and Sexuality in Schools

Carol Brochin, associate professor in the College of Education, will discuss the power of stories in transforming classrooms and communities. Drawing from theory and research, Brochin argues that we need schools that are not just inclusive for LGBTQ+ students but are sites of critical transformation where everyone can experience joy in learning about each other and their communities.

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The Japanese may have invented the haiku, but Iranians perfected its cinematic equivalent: a kind of film that plays almost like a poem short, sweet and disarmingly profound in its simplicity. Jafar Panahi, director of The White Balloon, is the master; Majid Majidi (Children of Heaven) a close second. While this pared-down, less-is-more approach hardly applies to all of Iranian cinema, these seemingly elemental Persian narratives have a way of resonating worldwide. It is this discipline that director Hadi Mohaghegh practices with Scent of Wind, a film whose title alone evokes the great Abbas Kiarostami (A Taste of Cherry), and whose subject could be described with just one word: kindness.

Returning to the Busan Film Festival seven years after earning two major prizes for his previous feature, Immortal, Mohaghegh casts himself as the films main character, Eskandari, an electrician called out to inspect an issue with a transformer bringing power to a remote home practically a ruin, really, with crumbling stone walls and grass growing on its roof. Eskandari doesnt make his entrance until several scenes into the movie. Before that, the film focuses on the man (Mohammad Eghbali) who lives in this ramshackle home, where he tends to a bedridden boy. The mans legs are lame, folded beneath him, and walking is a labored process that requires dragging each foot forward a step at a time with his hands.

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Contacting the electricity company is a feat unto itself, which entails traveling a kilometer or more just to borrow a phone. But then, this mans work is arduous it consists of retrieving from a steep rock face special plants that can be ground into medicine and sold to his neighbors and yet, he does the job without complaint. If this sounds miserable, think again. Told in the neorealist tradition, where nonprofessional actors are naturalistically observed in real environments, Scent of Wind is a film about kindness, and that tendency, however rare in the wider world, informs every interaction.

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There are no villains here, only decent people, willing to help one another in ways that surprise and inspire. The disabled man pulls himself to the nearest home, and there he finds an elderly couple sitting silently on stones. The movie strikes a patient, Zen-like pace. In this scene, for instance, the old man and his wife sit on opposite sides of the frame; his hands tremble as he tries to thread a needle. The disabled man appears between them in the distance, crawling toward them. He asks to borrow a mobile phone, but they have none, and so he turns to leave. It will be a long walk to reach the next person. Now the old man has a request: Could he help thread the needle? Without hesitation, the visitor agrees, and the scene continues for several more minutes until the task is complete.

It is the same when Eskandari appears. He is professional (this alone seems like some kind of miracle to anyone whos dealt with utility workers in countries around the world), and hes empathetic to boot. Few words are exchanged between Eskandari and the disabled man, and yet, the former makes repairing the transformer as important and personal a mission as crossing Middle-earth to Mordor was for the hobbits in The Lord of the Rings. The setbacks are many. He needs a special insulator to restore the power, and that means driving to a nearby town. His pickup stalls while traversing a stream, and he spins his tires in vain for a time, then walks for miles to find someone with a tractor who can pull the auto free.

After all that, it turns out Eskandari misunderstood the dispatcher, and he had the wrong town. But he cant turn down the blind man he meets there another rural character who typically manages alone, but is grateful for others generosity when it comes and agrees to drive him to a date down the road, stopping to collect a bouquet of flowers along the way. Gestures like this might seem minor compared with whatever plots youre accustomed to watching, but rest assured, they will linger in your mind far longer. On its face, kindness may not seem inherently dramatic. Conflict, after all, is what fuels the vast majority of world cinema. And yet, theres adversity here too. Eskandaris car breaks down, and a man passing by on a donkey lends a hand without hesitation. At one point, Eskandari must cross a raging river to reach the part he needs, and we watch as hes nearly swept away by the current.

When the job cannot be done in a single day, he rents a generator with what might be his own funds. And touched by the situation he sees in the customers home where the bedridden boy lies almost directly on the floor he takes it upon himself to buy a special mattress. Name another narrative in which people behave like this, by instinct, with nothing to gain from it themselves.

At the Busan Film Festival, where the movie premiered, the catalog states, In a world that seems devoid of goodness, Scent of Wind is a film that reaffirms our faith in humanity. To be clear: The world is not devoid of goodness, but its rare enough to witness on screen that the film uplifts and inspires in a way that never feels false or manipulative, even in those few instances when Mohammad Darabifars score kicks in. The region, identified as Cham-e Ali Mardaan, supplies beauty to every frame via landscapes that look like matte paintings. Iran is not alone in giving the world such films (Scent of Wind also occasionally recalls the Macedonian documentary Honeyland), but its encouraging to see the tradition of Panahi, Majidi and Kiarostami alive and well at a time when the country itself is facing such hardship.

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WASHINGTON A line of idling cars quietly rumbled near the House steps last Friday, ready to whisk lawmakers back to the campaign trail and away from Washington until after the midterm elections.

And some of them left sooner than others, even as the chamber worked to finish some key business, like avoiding a government shutdown and compensating families of 9/11 victims. Nearly 75 members cast their final vote of the day by proxy.

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Well-written, with a discerning eye for detail, Andrew Gimsons biography sets out to understand the electoral appeal of a man so frequently dismissed as a charlatan and a clown

Andrew Gimson is a political journalist and author with considerable knowledge and expertise about British politics. An amused observer of politicians and ministers, his original life of Boris Johnson first appeared in 2006 and has been revised and updated on numerous occasions. This volume looking at Johnson as prime minister is not a traditional biography, but rather a series of vignettes that could be mistaken for columns appearing in the national press.

Gimson set out to discover how a man dismissed as a liar, charlatan and tasteless joke was able, despite being written off more frequently than any other British politician of the 21st century, to become prime minister. Gimson has a thorough knowledge of British political history and a discerning eye for the foibles of leading politicians. He writes well and tries to analyse the conflicting interpretations of Johnsons life, and although prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt this is no hagiography.

Gimson repeats known facts of Johnsons life, including his early ambitions and a complete failure to be bound by the constraints in private and public life that others are forced to observe. As Gimson writes, he has tried to work out what kind of person Johnson is, and what kind of a country would dream of making him its prime minister.

Johnson is a great campaigner, a dissembler, at times a huckster who promotes firewater as real medicine

As Gimson shows, everything about Johnson should have prevented his rise to power, including a rackety private life, an ability to exaggerate and tell lies, and a failure to develop an overarching political philosophy apart from optimism and what became known as cakeism. As Gimson concludes: Johnson is in many ways an 18th century figure, at ease with sex and money and rudeness. He has successfully, despite being an Old Etonian, cast himself as an anti-establishment figure, who exudes positive thinking and a robust love of life, which goes some way to explaining his electoral successes.

Johnson has exemplified in todays politics a variation of the old saying to read Tory men and Labour measures. Johnson is a comedian, with a brilliant instinct for power who yearns for immortal fame. Gimson sees him as Benjamin Disraelis heir, and there are comparisons with Lord Palmerston, and, your reviewer would say, David Lloyd George but without his multiple political achievements.

Johnson is a great campaigner, a dissembler, at times a huckster who promotes firewater as real medicine. In a series of short chapters, Gimson reminds us of the successes and all too frequent failures of the Johnsonian premiership. Johnson hadnt got the temperament or the attention to detail required, and had a transitory relationship with his MPs. I have not forgotten Johnsons rambling appearance as foreign secretary in front of the Intelligence and Security Committee. The never-ending failures and gaffes finally persuaded his MPs and many ministers that he had to go.

Johnson left office with no real public display of regret but rather a sense of defiance, and with his ardent supporters spinning the line that he had been stabbed in the back Erich Ludendorff revisited. Like Lloyd George, one suspects he believes he will be recalled to No 10 and for Conservative MPs fearful or hopeful of that prospect Andrew Gimsons book is a useful aide-memoire to this subversive troublemaker.

Keith Simpson is a former Conservative MP for Broadland and Mid Norfolk

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All Six Episodes of the Series, Where the Global Movie Star Explores How We All Can Live Better for Longer, Begin Streaming on Nov. 16

The Series Hails from Academy Award-Nominated Filmmaker Darren Aronofsky and Protozoa Pictures, Jane Roots Nutopia, and Chris Hemsworth and Ben Graysons Wild State

Trailer Here: https://youtu.be/SJPnK_NgHVI

BURBANK, Calif., October 06, 2022--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Disney+ revealed the official trailer for the original series "Limitless with Chris Hemsworth" from National Geographic. In the six-part documentary series, global movie star Chris Hemsworth ("Extraction," "Thor," "The Avengers") takes viewers on a rollercoaster personal journey as he explores how to combat aging and discover the full potential of the human body. Building on the latest scientific research, "Limitless" shatters conventional wisdom about maximizing life. All episodes of the series premiere Nov. 16, exclusively on Disney+.

From Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Darren Aronofsky ("The Whale," "Black Swan") and his production company Protozoa, Jane Roots Nutopia, and Chris Hemsworth and Ben Graysons newly formed Wild State, "Limitless" puts cutting-edge science of human longevity center-stage. Part global scientific adventure, part personal journey, each episode of the series follows Chris as he takes up a gauntlet of physical and mental feats designed by world-class experts, scientists and doctors to unlock different aspects of the aging process. Each meticulously crafted challenge is rooted in game-changing science, drawing on new research and long-held traditions. Chris mission is to understand the limits of the human body better and discover ways we can all extend health and happiness into old age.

Keeping himself in peak physical condition and best known for portraying an immortal superhero, Chris has always taken care of his health and fitness. But, now in his late 30s, he wants to find out how to harness the potential of his mind and body to stay sharper, stronger and healthier for longer not only for himself and his children but for his childrens children too. Each challenge pushes Chris further than he has ever gone before. Through the series, viewers will learn techniques they can use to improve their health and enhance their own lives.

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Years in the making and with his friends and family alongside, including wife Elsa Pataky and brothers Luke Hemsworth and Liam Hemsworth, Chris entered into "Limitless," determined to explore his emotional and cognitive health in addition to challenging his physical limits. Open-minded and honest, he worked tirelessly to enhance his mental resilience and face up to some of the toughest realities life holds for all of us. Its an experience that is deep, authentic and humbling for Chris. In addition to his daring and emotional challenges, "Limitless" also shares fascinating stories from around the world of people who have woven the lessons of longevity into their own lives, with surprising benefits we can all reap.

Chris didnt want to just talk about the scientific theories that might extend and improve his life; he wanted to test them for real and he wanted to go big! Every epic challenge is spectacular and unique. They include swimming 800 feet across a 36-degree Arctic fjord, climbing a 100-foot rope dangling over a canyon, and walking along a crane atop a 900-foot-tall skyscraper, 80 stories high.

Each challenge requires an authentic training and immersion program from Chris alongside world-class experts. Some, like the rope climb over a canyon, needed months of preparation. Others, like Chris four-day long water-only fast, were (thankfully!) much shorter, but it was so tough he almost walked away from it all. The enlisted experts and scientists who guided Chris through six fundamental aspects of living better for longer include:

Ross Edgley, an extreme athlete and sports science author, prepares Chris body to handle a swim in nearly freezing waters;

Dr. Peter Attia, a longevity physician at Attia Medical, teaches Chris the science of aging and how to combat it through different techniques;

Professor Modupe Akinola, an associate professor of management at Columbia Business School, gives Chris the tools to deal with his stress head-on;

Dr. Sharon Sha, a doctor and clinical associate professor and associate vice chair of clinical research neurology and neurological sciences for Stanford Center for Memory Disorders, helps Chris combat his minds aging process;

Dr. BJ Miller, president and counselor at Mettle Health, guides Chris on a journey through old age and mortality;

Alua Arthur, death doula and founder of Going with Grace, gets Chris to open up about his own death; and

Tanya Streeter, a professional freediver, coaches Chris on his underwater breath-holding capacity.

The six episodes streaming on Nov. 16 include the following:

Stress-Proof: Ever since his teenage years, stress has been part of Chris life, and he wants to learn how to deal with it better. Psychologist Modupe Akinola challenges him to stay calm during a terrifying walk along a crane thats projecting out from the roof of a skyscraper. Modupe will train Chris in powerful physical and psychological techniques we can use to control the stress in our lives and combat the risk it poses to long-term health.

Shock: To maximize longevity, you might think its best to play it safe and stay cozy. But some scientists believe we should do the opposite, as exposure to extreme temperatures can trigger our bodies own defenses against the killer diseases of old age. Chris heads for the freezing Arctic with his brothers Liam and Luke to take on the ultimate cold therapy.

Fasting: Chris turns to longevity doctor Peter Attia to find out how changing his eating habits can help his quest for longevity. Ironically, the answer is to eat no food at all for four long days. If he can bear the hunger, fasting will unlock his bodys own anti-aging powers and give Chris the edge he needs when he tries to hunt for his next meal by spearfishing off the Great Barrier Reef.

Strength: As Chris bulks up for "Thor: Love and Thunder," he needs to build a body that looks right for an immortal god. But, he also wants the kind of muscles that are scientifically proven to help him stay strong and healthy as he grows older in real life. Teaming up with extreme sports guru Ross Edgley, he trains for a grueling 100-foot rope climb challenge, changing him from an ornament into an instrument.

Memory: Chris has always worked to keep his body healthy; now its time to start looking after his brain. Neurologist Dr. Sharon Sha challenges him to go off-grid into the wilderness without a GPS or map. Teaming up with his buddy, First Nations artist Otis Hope Carey, Chris will need to tune into nature to navigate through Otis remote ancestral homeland. The hike stirs up Chris most precious memories.

Acceptance: So far, Chris has done everything possible to delay the aging process. Now hes facing his most extreme and emotional challenge: three days in a retirement village while wearing an aging suit that turns the simplest activity into a Herculean task. Hes testing the theory that the best way to combat aging and fear of mortality might not be to fight it but accept it.

"Limitless with Chris Hemsworth" is produced by Protozoa, Nutopia and Wild State for National Geographic. Chris Hemsworth and Ben Grayson are executive producers for Wild State. Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel are executive producers for Protozoa. For Nutopia, Jane Root, Arif Nurmohamed and Ruth Shurman are executive producers. Bengt Anderson and Matt Renner are executive producers for National Geographic.

For more information on the series, please visit: https://dmedmedia.disney.com/disney-plus/limitless-with-chris-hemsworth

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About Disney+ (Global)

Disney+ is the dedicated streaming home for movies and shows from Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic, along with The Simpsons and much more. In select international markets, it also includes the general entertainment content brand, Star. The flagship direct-to-consumer streaming service from The Walt Disney Company, Disney+ is part of the Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution segment. The service offers an ever-growing collection of exclusive originals, including feature-length films, documentaries, live-action and animated series, and short-form content. With unprecedented access to Disneys long history of incredible film and television entertainment, Disney+ is also the exclusive streaming home for the newest releases from The Walt Disney Studios. Disney+ is available as a standalone streaming service, as part of the Disney Bundle in the U.S. that gives subscribers access to Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, or as part of Combo+ in Latin America with Star+, the standalone general entertainment and sports streaming service in the region. For more, visit disneyplus.com, or find the Disney+ app on most mobile and connected TV devices.

About National Geographic Partners

National Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the National Geographic Society, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets. NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographics media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; childrens media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses. Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 134 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it. NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education. For more information, visit natgeotv.com or nationalgeographic.com, or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest.

About Protozoa Pictures

Protozoa Pictures, based in Chinatown NYC, is headed by Darren Aronofsky and his partner, Ari Handel. Their past film credits include Aronofskys , REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, THE FOUNTAIN, THE WRESTLER, BLACK SWAN, NOAH, mother! and THE WHALE; as well as Pablo Larrains JACKIE, Yann Demanges WHITE BOY RICK, Lance Oppenheims documentary SOME KIND OF HEAVEN, Josef Kobuta Wladykas CATCH THE FAIR ONE, and Alex Pritzs recent documentary THE TERRITORY. Their upcoming films include Tobias Lindholms THE GOOD NURSE and Jack Begerts LITTLE DEATH. Their recent TV credits include ONE STRANGE ROCK and WELCOME TO EARTH for Nat Geo, and BLACK GOLD for Paramount+. Upcoming will be LIMITLESS and SENTIENT for Nat Geo, and KINDRED for FX.

About Nutopia

Nutopia is known for creating award-winning, factual series on a global scale, and a new genre of television, the "mega-doc," which combines epic cinematography with action-driven drama or high-end documentary and A-list talent. Nutopias critical successes include the award-winning series "One Strange Rock" for National Geographic, "The Last Czars" for Netflix, "Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer" for PBS, "A World of Calm" for HBO Max, "Babies" for Netflix, "The World According to Jeff Goldblum" and "Welcome to the Earth" with Will Smith for Disney+. Upcoming projects include "African Queens" with Jada Pinkett Smith for Netflix and a new six-episode series with Jos Andrs for Discovery Plus.

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Media Disney+ Alexis GreenbergAlexis.Greenberg@disney.com

National Geographic Jennifer DriscollJennifer.Driscoll@natgeo.com

Nadia AzizNadia.Aziz@natgeo.com

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