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Let's harness video to revolutionize education - Salman Khan
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Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remar…
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The secret language of trees - Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard
Learn how trees are able to communicate with each other through a vast root system and symbiotic fungi, called mycorrhizae.
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Most of the forest lives…
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Guard against internet "filter bubbles" - Eli Pariser
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As web companies strive to tailor their services (including news …
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A plane you can drive - Anna Mracek Dietrich
A flying car -- it's an iconic image of the future. But after 100 years of flight and automotive engineering, no one has really cracked the problem. …
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How Arduino is open-sourcing imagination - Massimo Banzi
Massimo Banzi helped invent the Arduino, a tiny, easy-to-use open-source microcontroller that's inspired thousands of people around the world to make…
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The meaning of life according to Simone de Beauvoir - Iseult Gillespie
Explore the life and works of Simone de Beauvoir, the author of “The Second Sex” and existentialist philosopher who influenced early feminist theory.…
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When ancient wisdom surpasses modern industry - Rebecca Webster
Get to know the story of the Three Sisters, and what we can learn about sustainably growing food from Indigenous practices.
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Suffering illness and de…
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How humanity developed a dependence on coffee - Jonathan Morris
Trace the history of coffee, from its first known origins to its rise in popularity due to trade routes and cultivation.
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One day around 850 CE, a go…
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Trust, morality -- and oxytocin? - Paul Zak
What drives our desire to behave morally? Neuroeconomist Paul Zak shows why he believes oxytocin (he calls it "the moral molecule") is responsible fo…
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Mysteries of vernacular: Quarantine - Jessica Oreck and Rachael Teel
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Stemming from the days of bubonic plague…
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