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Inside your computer - Bettina Bair
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How does a computer work? The critical components of a computer are the …
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These animals can sense everything - Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard
Explore the extraordinary auditory adaptations in the animal kingdom, and find out which creature has the best hearing.
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The world is always abuzz wi…
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Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God" - Tanya Boucicaut
Dig into Zora Neale Hurston’s classic novel, “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” which follows Janie Crawford in her search for love and agency.
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Bariton…
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Has there ever been a moral dictator? - Stephanie Honchell Smith
Examine the myth of the benevolent dictator, which is a leader who holds absolute power yet only uses it for the common good.
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Under certain conditio…
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How Benjamin Button Obtained His Face - Ed Ulbrich
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Ed Ulbrich, the digital-effects guru from Digital Domain, expl…
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Seaside Forms (in spoken word) - David Fasanya and Gabriel Barralaga
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What leads to the way we perceive our body…
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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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