# How humans could evolve to survive in space

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBeaconStreet
- Speaker: Lisa Nip
- Year: 2015
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Engineering, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/lisa_nip_how_humans_could_evolve_to_survive_in_space)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

If we hope to one day leave Earth and explore the universe, our bodies are going to have to get a lot better at surviving the harsh conditions of space. Using synthetic biology, Lisa Nip hopes to harness special powers from microbes on Earth -- such as the ability to withstand radiation -- to make humans more fit for exploring space. "We're approaching a time during which we'll have the capacity to decide our own genetic destiny," Nip says. "Augmenting the human body with new abilities is no longer a question of how, but of when."

## Lectures

1. [How humans could evolve to survive in space](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/lisa_nip_how_humans_could_evolve_to_survive_in_space/d24cf956c8a4), 13 min (TED's player)