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How 180 strangers built a library together | Rebecca Toh
How 180 strangers built a library together | Rebecca Toh

Does the fix for a fragmented world begin with a shared bookshelf? Photographer Rebecca Toh traces how she joined with 180 other people to build a co…

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How to fix Africa's learning crisis | Rapelang Rabana
How to fix Africa's learning crisis | Rapelang Rabana

By 2030, nearly half the world's young people will be African. Yet for decades, the continent's learning crisis was treated with systems unfit for re…

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Sunday Pick: How to mentally reset when you’re stressed out (w/ Dr Jenny Taitz) | How to Be a Better Human
Sunday Pick: How to mentally reset when you’re stressed out (w/ Dr Jenny Taitz) | How to Be a Better Human

It’s hard to not feel stress at the state of the world today, so how can you cope with stressors without letting them completely overwhelm you? Clini…

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How to make learning impossibly fun | Mark Rober
How to make learning impossibly fun | Mark Rober

What if science class felt less like studying out of a textbook and more like an unforgettable field trip? From viral glitter-bomb traps to backyard …

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Is AI turning us all into the same person? | Sandra Matz
Is AI turning us all into the same person? | Sandra Matz

When you need to make a decision, you might turn to AI for advice. But what happens when you let algorithms decide more and more things for you? Comp…

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Why you need the growth mindset of a weed | Stephen Nobles
Why you need the growth mindset of a weed | Stephen Nobles

Educator Stephen Nobles believes curiosity is the key to unlocking a student's potential. In conversation with TED's Whitney Pennington Rodgers, he e…

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How I’m helping thousands rebuild their lives after prison | Susan Burton
How I’m helping thousands rebuild their lives after prison | Susan Burton

Each year, around two million women are released from prisons and jails in the US, many with nowhere to go. Susan Burton knows this firsthand: after …

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How AI is breaking the internet (and what to do about it) | Matthew Prince
How AI is breaking the internet (and what to do about it) | Matthew Prince

For the past 30 years, surviving as an internet business meant getting people to click on your website. But AI is now making that thousands of times …

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We’ve solved many medical mysteries. Where are the cures? | Saloni Dattani
We’ve solved many medical mysteries. Where are the cures? | Saloni Dattani

Science communicator Saloni Dattani traces the quiet revolution of medical innovation that has slashed death rates from conditions like heart disease…

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Lessons: What to do when you get “layered” at work | WorkLife with Molly Graham
Lessons: What to do when you get “layered” at work | WorkLife with Molly Graham

If your company is growing faster than you can keep up, your manager might decide to “layer” you—that is, split your job in half or hire someone with…

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