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Newton's 3 Laws, via a bicycle - Joshua Manley
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Why would it be hard to pedal a 10,000 pound bicycle? T…
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Why should you read Sylvia Plath? - Iseult Gillespie
Explore the haunting and intimate works of poet Sylvia Plath, who digs into issues of mental health, trauma and sexuality in works like “The Bell Jar…
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The best nose in the animal kingdom - Chase LaDue and Bruce A. Schulte
Discover the incredible ways elephants use their trunks to sense and communicate information and emotion.
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As a breeze blows through the savannah, a…
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The art of generating awe - Rob Legato
Rob Legato creates movie effects so good they (sometimes) trump the real thing. In this warm and funny talk, he shares his vision for enhancing reali…
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The Chinese mythology of the forbidden lovers - Shannon Zhao
Get to know the myth of the weaver and the cowherd, a pair of star-crossed lovers banished to opposite sides of the Milky Way.
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In the court of the J…
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A phone call screening for Parkinson's with Max Little
Parkinson's disease affects 6.3 million people worldwide, causing weakness and tremors, but there's no objective way to detect it early on. Yet. Appl…
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How do nerves operate? - Elliot Krane
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At any moment, there is an electrical storm coursing through your body. Discover how c…
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Why do cockroaches prove so hard to kill? - Ameya Gondhalekar
Dig into the genetic adaptations of cockroaches, and find out what makes it so hard to get rid of these tenacious creatures.
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In ancient Egypt, there…
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The 3 top forecasters of how well you'll age - Juulia Jylhävä
Explore how our bodies change and age over time, and the three common markers scientists use to measure aging.
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If you want to learn a tree’s age, yo…
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How does artificial intelligence learn? - Briana Brownell
Explore the three major methods of machine learning, which allows computers to write their own rules to problem solve and process data.
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Today, artif…
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