The new four-part series Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer (BBC Four), presented by historian David Olusoga and US science writer Steven Johnson, explores how a handful of medical breakthroughs got us from there to here. The first episode – naturally enough in the age of Covid – focused on the revolutionary power of vaccines. Scrutinising the record ... historian David Olusoga in Extra Life. But if we must learn from the failings of the past, we can, both presenters insisted, learn from its successes, too. Extra Life entwined these two facts to full effect and jabbed us with a small inoculation against ignorance.

Source: The Guardian May 18, 2021 21:56 UTC