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Life's third act - Jane Fonda
Within this generation, an extra 30 years have been added to our life expectancy -- and these years aren't just a footnote or a pathology. In this ta…
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Sometimes it's valuable to release the driver's seat - Baba Shiv
Over the years, research has shown a counterintuitive fact about human nature: That sometimes, having too much choice makes us less happy. This may e…
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Curious answers to the psychopath test - Jon Ronson
Is there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With a hair-raising delivery, Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test, illuminates the gra…
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How whales breathe, communicate ... and fart with their faces - Joy Reidenberg
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Comparative anatomist Joy Reidenbe…
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Can you freeze your body and be revived? - Shannon N. Tessier
Dig into the field of cryobiology and explore the possibility of humans being frozen and preserved for future resurrection.
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In 1967, James Bedford h…
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What occurred to antimatter? - Rolf Landua
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Particles come in pairs, which is why there should be an equal amo…
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What's yet to explore? - Nathan Wolfe
We've been to the moon, we've mapped the continents, we've even been to the deepest point in the ocean -- twice. What's left for the next generation …
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What happens if a manufactured virus escapes the lab?
How do we keep labs that handle dangerous pathogens safe and leak-free? Dig into the ongoing debate over virology research.
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Since the 1970s, resear…
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Why do we have hair in such random places? - Nina G. Jablonski
Discover how humans lost their fur as they evolved from primates, and why we still have hair on our bodies.
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We have lots in common with our closest …
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How do airplanes actually remain in flight? - Raymond Adkins
Explore the physics of flight, and discover how aerodynamic lift generates the force needed for planes to fly.
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By 1917, Albert Einstein had explaine…
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