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Your brain on improv - Charles Limb
Musician and researcher Charles Limb wondered how the brain works during musical improvisation -- so he put jazz musicians and rappers in an fMRI to …
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Image recognition that triggers augmented reality - Matt Mills
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Matt Mills and Tamara Roukaerts demonstrate A…
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Building the world's largest (and most controversial) power plant - Alex Gendler
Explore the creation of China’s Three Gorges Dam, and find out how the hydroelectric plant generates its power.
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In 2018, a single power plant produc…
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Why don’t we cover the desert with solar panels? - Dan Kwartler
Explore what would happen if we covered the Sahara Desert in solar panels, and the possibility of it solving our energy crisis.
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Stretching over rou…
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Why are blue whales so extraordinarily large? - Asha de Vos
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Blue whales are the largest animals on the planet, but what he…
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What transpires in your body during a miscarriage? - Nassim Assefi and Emily M. Godfrey
Explore what happens in the body during miscarriage, and learn about three common treatment options for pregnancy loss.
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Globally, around 23 million …
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The human and the honeybee - Dino Martins
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Both honeybees and humans originated in East Africa, and the conne…
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Amplified motorcycle design - Yves Behar
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Yves Behar and Forrest North unveil Mission One, a sleek, powerf…
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What Rumi teaches us about love - Stephanie Honchell Smith
Explore the life and works of Rumi, who became one of the world’s most celebrated poets and mystical philosophers.
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According to legend, the renowned…
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The surprising origins of the word “lesbian” - Diane J. Rayor
Discover the works of poet and songwriter Sappho, and find out why only fragments of her poetry still survive.
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Over 2,500 years ago, one of ancient …
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