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The moon jellyfish has remarkable approach to self-repair.\xa0If it loses a limb, it rearranges its remaining body parts to once again become radially symmetric.\xa0Humans can\u2019t do that, but a new approach that combines biology with nanotechnology could give our immune systems a boost.\xa0Would you drink a beaker of nanobots if they could help you fight cancer?\nAlso, materials science gets into self-healing with a novel concrete that fixes its own cracks.\xa0\nPlus, why even the most adaptive systems can be stretched to their limit.\xa0New research suggests that the oceans will take a millennium to recover from climate change.\xa0\n Guests:\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Lea Goentoro \u2013 Professor of biology, California Institute of Technology\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Michael Abrams - Biologist, California Institute of Technology\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Sarah\xa0Moffitt\xa0\u2013\xa0Paleo-oceanographer, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California,\xa0Davis\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Mark Miodownik \u2013 Materials scientist, director of the Institute of Making, University College, London.\xa0Author of \u201cStuff Matters: Exploring the Marvelous Materials That Shape our Man-Made World\u201d\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Shawn Douglas\xa0 - Computer scientist, assistant professor of cellular and molecular pharmacology, University of California, San Francisco\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices