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LB Hannahs: What it's like to be a transgender dad - test

• Jo Michael Rezes A playful exploration of gender performance (33) test
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• Ivan Coyote Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms (30) test
• Geena Rocero Why I must come out (30) test
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LZ Granderson: The myth of the gay agenda - test

• Panti Bliss The necessity of normalizing queer love (49) test
• Yoruba Richen What the gay rights movement learned from the civil rights movement (41) test
• Thomas Lloyd Why am I "so gay?" (39) test
• Lyra McKee How uncomfortable conversations can save lives (39) test
• Lynne Elvins The myths of gay adoption (39) test

LaToya Ruby Frazier: A creative solution for the water crisis in Flint, Michigan - test

• Lana Mazahreh 3 thoughtful ways to conserve water (59) test
• David Sedlak 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought (57) test
• Kelsey Leonard Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans (56) test
• Deepika Kurup A young scientist's quest for clean water (56) test
• Rob Harmon How to keep rivers and streams flowing (55) test

LaToya Ruby Frazier: A visual history of inequality in industrial America - test

• Jessica Pryce To transform child welfare, take race out of the equation (18) test
• Anna Malaika Tubbs The critical role of Black mothers -- and how to support all moms (17) test
• Julieanna L. Richardson The mission to safeguard Black history in the US (16) test
• Sixto Cancel A foster care system where every child has a loving home (16) test
• Kedra Newsom Reeves How to reduce the wealth gap between Black and white Americans (16) test

Laetitia Ky: Wild, intricate sculptures — made out of my hair - test

• Cheyenne Cochrane A celebration of natural hair (53) test
• Nina G. Jablonski Why do we have hair in such random places? (43) test
• Mena Fombo No. You cannot touch my hair! (43) test
• Sarthak Sinha Why do some people go bald? (39) test
• Jim Hudspeth The beautiful, mysterious science of how you hear (33) test

Lakshmi Pratury: The lost art of letter-writing - test

• Raghava KK What's your 200-year plan? (25) test
• Sue Klebold My son was a Columbine shooter. This is my story (24) test
• Jarrett J. Krosoczka How a boy became an artist (23) test
• Stephen Cave The 4 stories we tell ourselves about death (23) test
• Amy Kurzweil Time traveling with AI to connect with lost loved ones (22) test

Lalitesh Katragadda: Making maps to fight disaster, build economies - test

• Rebecca Firth Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people? (46) test
• Danny Dorling Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are) (39) test
• Kayla Wolf Why every world map is wrong (36) test
• Tawanda Kanhema My journey mapping the uncharted world (35) test
• Kayla Wolf The biggest mistakes in mapmaking history (33) test

Lam Ho: How to participate in your own legal defense - test

• Steven Wise Chimps have feelings and thoughts. They should also have rights (29) test
• Philip K. Howard Four ways to fix a broken legal system (29) test
• Vivek Maru How to put the power of law in people's hands (27) test
• Victoria Pratt How judges can show respect (25) test
• Jessica Kerr Who makes judges? (25) test

Lambers Fisher: What to do when you offend someone - test

• Robert Waldinger What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness (26) test
• Dolly Chugh How to let go of being a "good" person -- and become a better person (25) test
• Keiichiro Hirano Love others to love yourself (24) test
• Robert Waldinger The secret to a happy life -- lessons from 8 decades of research (24) test
• Martin Seligman The new era of positive psychology (24) test

Lana Mazahreh: 3 thoughtful ways to conserve water - test

• David Sedlak 4 ways we can avoid a catastrophic drought (78) test
• Kelsey Leonard Why lakes and rivers should have the same rights as humans (76) test
• Rob Harmon How to keep rivers and streams flowing (75) test
• Balsher Singh Sidhu Are we running out of clean water? (74) test
• Deepika Kurup A young scientist's quest for clean water (73) test

Laolu Senbanjo: "The Sacred Art of the Ori" - test

• Phil Hansen Embrace the shake (45) test
• Young-ha Kim Be an artist, right now! (43) test
• Touria El Glaoui Inside Africa's thriving art scene (43) test
• Aja Monet and phillip agnew A love story about the power of art as organizing (40) test
• Amy Herman A lesson on looking (40) test

Laprisha Berry Daniels: Lessons from the past on adapting to climate change - test

• Sophia Kianni Language shouldn't be a barrier to climate action (49) test
• Al Gore, Gloria Kasang Bulus, Nana Firman, Ximena Loría and Tim Guinee Climate change is our reality. Here's how we're taking action (48) test
• Britt Wray How climate change affects your mental health (46) test
• Anika Goss Detroit's climate crisis -- and how to build a resilient future everywhere (46) test
• David Finnigan A controversial play — and what it taught me about the psychology of climate (45) test

Lara Durgavich: An evolutionary perspective on human health and disease - test

• Amber M. Yates How this disease changes the shape of your cells (28) test
• Christina Warinner Tracking ancient diseases using ... plaque (26) test
• Laurence Hurst Is human evolution speeding up or slowing down? (25) test
• Harvey Fineberg Are we ready for neo-evolution? (23) test
• Alex Gendler Myths and misconceptions about evolution (23) test

Lara Setrakian: 3 ways to fix a broken news industry - test

• Alisa Miller How the news distorts our worldview (41) test
• Ann Curry How to restore trust in Journalism (34) test
• Bel Trew War journalism should be rooted in empathy — not violence (34) test
• Jane Ferguson Life on the frontlines of war reporting (32) test
• Christiane Amanpour How to seek truth in the era of fake news (32) test

Larry Brilliant: A global pandemic calls for global solutions - test

• Larry Brilliant My wish Help me stop pandemics (50) test
• Alex Rosenthal When is a pandemic over? (44) test
• Seth Berkley The quest for the coronavirus vaccine (41) test
• Maria Van Kerkhove How to end the pandemic -- and prepare for the next (39) test
• Laurie Garrett Lessons from the 1918 flu (39) test

Larry Brilliant: My wish Help me stop pandemics - test

• Larry Brilliant A global pandemic calls for global solutions (50) test
• Larry Brilliant The case for optimism (43) test
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• Natalie Cargill How to solve the world's biggest problems (31) test
• Bill Gates How the pandemic will shape the near future (31) test

Larry Brilliant: The case for optimism - test

• Larry Brilliant My wish Help me stop pandemics (43) test
• Hans Rosling Global population growth, box by box (37) test
• Al Gore How to make radical climate action the new normal (35) test
• Natalie Cargill How to solve the world's biggest problems (35) test
• Gordon Brown Wiring a web for global good (35) test

Larry Burns: The future of cars - test

• Bill Ford A future beyond traffic gridlock (39) test
• Travis Kalanick Uber's plan to get more people into fewer cars (36) test
• Dean Kamen To invent is to give (36) test
• Shai Agassi A new ecosystem for electric cars (32) test
• Vaitea Cowan How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era (31) test

Larry Irvin: A program to empower Black teachers in the US - test

• Vernā Myers How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them (52) test
• Sharif El-Mekki Reviving the legacy of the Black teaching tradition (48) test
• Stew "Black Men Ski" (44) test
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• Charles M. Blow The case for a new Great Migration in the US (40) test

Larry Lagerstrom: Einstein's miracle year - test

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• Einstein the Parrot A talking, squawking parrot (36) test
• Andrew Zimmerman Jones Does time exist? (32) test
• Harry Cliff Have we reached the end of physics? (29) test
• Tim Harford A powerful way to unleash your natural creativity (29) test

Larry Page: Where's Google going next? - test

• Sergey Brin + Larry Page The genesis of Google (53) test
• Brian S. Lowery and Kylan Gibbs What makes us human in the age of AI? A psychologist and a technologist answer (51) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (50) test
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• The TED Interview Bill Gates looks to the future (50) test

Larry Smith: Why you will fail to have a great career - test

• WorkLife with Adam Grant The perils of following your career passion (34) test
• Chieh Huang How to know if it's time to change careers (32) test
• Sir Ken Robinson Bring on the learning revolution! (28) test
• Andy Hobsbawm Do the green thing (28) test
• Noeline Kirabo 2 questions to uncover your passion -- and turn it into a career (28) test

Lars Brownworth: The city of walls Constantinople - test

• Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary (29) test
• Ronald Rael An architect's subversive reimagining of the US-Mexico border wall (25) test
• Liam Young Planet City -- a sci-fi vision of an astonishing regenerative future (24) test
• Alexandra Auer The intangible effects of walls (24) test
• Mick Cornett How an obese town lost a million pounds (24) test

Latif Nasser: The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief - test

• Amy Baxter How to hack your brain when you're in pain (51) test
• Sheetal DeCaria The bias behind your undiagnosed chronic pain (51) test
• Karen D. Davis How does your brain respond to pain? (48) test
• Austin Eubanks What surviving the Columbine shooting taught me about pain (48) test
• Joshua W. Pate The mysterious science of pain (47) test

Latif Nasser: You have no idea where camels really come from - test

• Keith Bellows The camel's hump (35) test
• Victoria Gill What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology (27) test
• Manoush Zomorodi How boredom can lead to your most brilliant ideas (26) test
• Jason Rugolo Welcome to the world of audio computers (24) test
• Andrew Peek How your personal narrative limits your future (22) test

Laura Bates: Everyday sexism - test

• Gretchen Carlson How we can end sexual harassment at work (56) test
• Sheryl Sandberg So we leaned in ... now what? (55) test
• Shad Begum How women in Pakistan are creating political change (54) test
• Madeleine Albright On being a woman and a diplomat (54) test
• Srishti Bakshi My long walk across India for women's freedom (54) test

Laura Boushnak: For these women, reading is a daring act - test

• Shad Begum How women in Pakistan are creating political change (39) test
• Cecile Richards The political progress women have made -- and what's next (38) test
• Srishti Bakshi My long walk across India for women's freedom (38) test
• Gayle Tzemach Lemmon Women entrepreneurs, example not exception (37) test
• Leila Hoteit 3 lessons on success from an Arab businesswoman (36) test

Laura Boushnak: The deadly legacy of cluster bombs - test

• Melissa Fleming Let's help refugees thrive, not just survive (26) test
• David Lee Why jobs of the future won't feel like work (23) test
• Samantha Nutt The real harm of the global arms trade (22) test
• Luma Mufleh Don't feel sorry for refugees -- believe in them (22) test
• Hans Rosling Let my dataset change your mindset (22) test

Laura Boykin: How we're using DNA tech to help farmers fight crop diseases - test

• Agnes Kalibata How to empower farmers — and nourish the planet (39) test
• Anushka Ratnayake A transparent, easy way for smallholder farmers to save (37) test
• Eric Sannerud Without farmers, you'd be hungry, naked and sober (32) test
• Mohammad Modarres Why you should shop at your local farmers market (32) test
• Sathya Raghu Mokkapati The "greenhouse-in-a-box" empowering farmers in India (31) test

Laura Carstensen: Older people are happier - test

• Jared Diamond How societies can grow old better (60) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (57) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (53) test
• Ashton Applewhite Let's end ageism (52) test
• Robert Reffkin 5 ways to create stronger connections (50) test

Laura Galante: How (and why) Russia hacked the US election - test

• Damon Brown How to choose your news (32) test
• JP Rangaswami Information is food (32) test
• Malte Spitz Your phone company is watching (31) test
• Alessandro Acquisti What will a future without secrets look like? (31) test
• David Cameron The next age of government (30) test

Laura Gassner Otting: Why doesn't success bring happiness? - test

• Richard St. John Success is a continuous journey (28) test
• Albert-László Barabási The real relationship between your age and your chance of success (25) test
• Dominic Price What's your happiness score? (23) test
• Andy Puddicombe All it takes is 10 mindful minutes (23) test
• ZigZag Step 1 The Puls‪e‬ (22) test

Laura Indolfi: Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer - test

• David Agus A new strategy in the war on cancer (54) test
• Adam de la Zerda We can start winning the war against cancer (49) test
• Jimmy Lin A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early (47) test
• Jack Andraka A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager (45) test
• Paula Hammond A new superweapon in the fight against cancer (45) test

Laura L. Dunn: It's time for the law to protect victims of gender violence - test

• Thomas Abt Why violence clusters in cities -- and how to reduce it (26) test
• Jo Michael Rezes A playful exploration of gender performance (26) test
• Rachel Kleinfeld A path to security for the world's deadliest countries (25) test
• Howard Taylor A global initiative to end violence against children (25) test
• Gary Haugen The hidden reason for poverty the world needs to address now (24) test

Laura Robinson: The secrets I find on the mysterious ocean floor - test

• Rob Dunbar Discovering ancient climates in oceans and ice (52) test
• Triona McGrath How pollution is changing the ocean's chemistry (46) test
• Susan Ruffo The ocean's ingenious climate solutions (45) test
• Sylvia Earle My wish Protect our oceans (43) test
• Scott Gass How big is the ocean? (41) test

Laura Rovner: What happens to people in solitary confinement - test

• Nick Turner and Whitney Pennington Rodgers How to fix two of the most broken systems in the US (35) test
• Clementine Jacoby How bad data traps people in the US justice system (34) test
• Brian S. Lowery and Kylan Gibbs What makes us human in the age of AI? A psychologist and a technologist answer (34) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (33) test
• JR Why art is a tool for hope (32) test

Laura Schulz: The surprisingly logical minds of babies - test

• Shari Liu How babies think about danger (46) test
• Alison Gopnik What do babies think? (43) test
• Patricia Kuhl The linguistic genius of babies (39) test
• Paul Knoepfler The ethical dilemma of designer babies (25) test
• Jane Chen A warm embrace that saves lives (24) test

Laura Snyder: The Philosophical Breakfast Club - test

• Naomi Oreskes Why we should trust scientists (31) test
• Michael Nielsen Open science now! (31) test
• E.O. Wilson Advice to a young scientist (30) test
• Siska De Baerdemaeker Science vs. Pseudoscience (30) test
• Kirsty Duncan Scientists must be free to learn, to speak and to challenge (30) test

Laura Trice: Remember to say thank you - test

• Pico Iyer Where is home? (27) test
• Courtney E. Martin The new American Dream (25) test
• Gus Worland Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do (25) test
• Fields Wicker-Miurin Learning from leadership's missing manual (25) test
• Simon Sinek How to discover your "why" in difficult times (25) test

Laura Vanderkam: How to gain control of your free time - test

• Alexander Leitner Can time be wasted? (58) test
• Andrew Zimmerman Jones Does time exist? (53) test
• Brittney Cooper The racial politics of time (50) test
• Ashley Whillans 3 rules for better work-life balance (49) test
• Stephen Wilkes The passing of time, caught in a single photo (48) test

Laura Wright: Why should you read "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy? - test

• Shashi Tharoor Why nations should pursue soft power (19) test
• Nandan Nilekani Ideas for India's future (19) test
• Panti Bliss The necessity of normalizing queer love (18) test
• Tom Honey Why would God create a tsunami? (18) test
• Devdutt Pattanaik East vs. West -- the myths that mystify (18) test

Laurel Braitman: Depressed dogs, cats with OCD — what animal madness means for us humans - test

• Emma Marris Are wild animals really "wild"? (39) test
• Barbara J. King Grief and love in the animal kingdom (37) test
• Carl Safina What are animals thinking and feeling? (33) test
• Gregory Berns What emotions look like in a dog's brain (32) test
• Alexandra Horowitz Why all dogs are good dogs (31) test

Laurel Braitman: Lessons from my father's final days - test

• Elaine Fong My mother's final wish -- and the right to die with dignity (39) test
• Kate Bowler "Everything happens for a reason" -- and other lies I've loved (35) test
• Alua Arthur Why thinking about death helps you live a better life (35) test
• Neil Pasricha The 3 A's of awesome (34) test
• Andrea Driessen The profound power of gratitude and "living eulogies" (33) test

Laurel Braitman: The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers - test

• Leana Wen What your doctor won’t disclose (36) test
• Gail Reed Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba. (35) test
• Hailey Hardcastle Why students should have mental health days (35) test
• Mary Bassett Why your doctor should care about social justice (32) test
• Edith Elliott and Shahed Alam The most powerful untapped resource in health care (32) test

Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose + Naomi Shah: Award-winning teenage science in action - test

• Jay Bradner Open-source cancer research (35) test
• Romain Lacombe A personal air-quality tracker that lets you know what you're breathing (34) test
• Jimmy Lin A simple new blood test that can catch cancer early (30) test
• David Agus A new strategy in the war on cancer (30) test
• Hasini Jayatilaka How cancer cells communicate -- and how we can slow them down (29) test

Lauren Pharr: How vultures can help solve crimes - test

• Kenny Coogan Vultures The acid-puking, plague-busting heroes of the ecosystem (50) test
• Munir Virani Why I love vultures (46) test
• Caitlin Doughty A burial practice that nourishes the planet (20) test
• Eve Ensler Suddenly, my body (19) test
• Alua Arthur Why thinking about death helps you live a better life (18) test

Lauren Sallan: A brief tour of the last 4 billion years (dinosaurs not included) - test

• Lauren Sallan How to win at evolution and survive a mass extinction (33) test
• Peter Ward A theory of Earth's mass extinctions (32) test
• Matthew Borths, Michael D'Emic, Adam Pritchard When will the next mass extinction occur? (31) test
• Tara Djokic This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life (30) test
• Sylvia Earle My wish Protect our oceans (30) test

Lauren Sallan: How to win at evolution and survive a mass extinction - test

• Lauren Sallan A brief tour of the last 4 billion years (dinosaurs not included) (33) test
• Michael Benton Mass extinctions and the future of life on Earth (31) test
• Prosanta Chakrabarty Clues to prehistoric times, found in blind cavefish (30) test
• E.O. Wilson My wish Build the Encyclopedia of Life (29) test
• Spencer Wells A family tree for humanity (29) test

Lauren Zalaznick: The conscience of television - test

• Shonda Rhimes and Cyndi Stivers The future of storytelling (36) test
• Yang Lan The generation that's remaking China (26) test
• Sarah Jones A one-woman global village (23) test
• Robert Wright Progress is not a zero-sum game (23) test
• Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow, the secret to happiness (23) test

Laurence Hurst: Is human evolution speeding up or slowing down? - test

• Alex Gendler Myths and misconceptions about evolution (32) test
• Harvey Fineberg Are we ready for neo-evolution? (29) test
• Paul Knoepfler The ethical dilemma of designer babies (29) test
• Svante Pääbo DNA clues to our inner neanderthal (28) test
• Pamela Ronald The case for engineering our food (26) test

Laurie Garrett: Lessons from the 1918 flu - test

• Alex Rosenthal When is a pandemic over? (43) test
• Seth Berkley HIV and flu -- the vaccine strategy (43) test
• Maria Van Kerkhove How to end the pandemic -- and prepare for the next (41) test
• The TED Interview Adam Kucharski on what should (and shouldn't) worry us about the coronavirus (40) test
• David Heymann What we do (and don't) know about the coronavirus (39) test

Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours - test

• Sarah Brosnan Why monkeys (and humans) are wired for fairness (36) test
• Nick Bostrom A philosophical quest for our biggest problems (29) test
• Brian S. Lowery and Kylan Gibbs What makes us human in the age of AI? A psychologist and a technologist answer (28) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (28) test
• Shervin Khodabandeh Why people and AI make good business partners (28) test

Lawrence Lessig: Laws that choke creativity - test

• Lawrence Lessig Re-examining the remix (32) test
• Richard Baraniuk The birth of the open-source learning revolution (30) test
• Michael Tilson Thomas Music and emotion through time (29) test
• Reed Hastings How Netflix changed entertainment -- and where it's headed (28) test
• Ge Wang The DIY orchestra of the future (28) test

Lawrence Lessig: Re-examining the remix - test

• Lawrence Lessig Laws that choke creativity (32) test
• Arthur Brooks A conservative's plea Let's work together (29) test
• Richard Baraniuk The birth of the open-source learning revolution (28) test
• Tom Graham The incredible creativity of deepfakes -- and the worrying future of AI (28) test
• Brian S. Lowery and Kylan Gibbs What makes us human in the age of AI? A psychologist and a technologist answer (27) test

Lawrence Lessig: The unstoppable walk to political reform - test

• Lawrence Lessig We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim (31) test
• Nick Turner and Whitney Pennington Rodgers How to fix two of the most broken systems in the US (30) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (30) test
• Ivan Krastev Can democracy exist without trust? (30) test
• Chris Anderson TED's nonprofit transition (29) test

Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim - test

• Simon Anholt Who would the rest of the world vote for in your country's election? (32) test
• Lawrence Lessig The unstoppable walk to political reform (31) test
• Dan Ariely How to change your behavior for the better (31) test
• Andrew Yang Why US politics is broken — and how to fix it (31) test
• Max Rashbrooke 3 ways to upgrade democracy for the 21st century (29) test

Lea Gaslowitz: How to spot a misleading graph - test

• Giorgia Lupi How we can find ourselves in data (30) test
• Tim Berners-Lee The next web (27) test
• Sebastian Wernicke How to use data to make a hit TV show (26) test
• Mainak Mazumdar How bad data keeps us from good AI (25) test
• Jennifer Zhu Scott Why you should get paid for your data (25) test

Leah Buechley: How to "sketch" with electronics - test

• Tod Machover + Dan Ellsey Inventing instruments that unlock new music (24) test
• Richard Baraniuk The birth of the open-source learning revolution (24) test
• Catarina Mota Play with smart materials (24) test
• Mark Applebaum The mad scientist of music (22) test
• Jay Silver Hack a banana, make a keyboard! (22) test

Leah Chase and Pat Mitchell: An interview with the Queen of Creole Cuisine - test

• Hawa Abdi + Deqo Mohamed Mother and daughter doctor-heroes (43) test
• Sheryl Sandberg Why we have too few women leaders (43) test
• Ricardo Coler Allá donde las mujeres mandan (43) test
• Sakena Yacoobi How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school (43) test
• John Lewis and Bryan Stevenson The fight for civil rights and freedom (42) test

Leah Garcés: A lesson in turning adversaries into allies - test

• Jacy Reese Anthis Why we should end animal agriculture (37) test
• Peter Singer A modern argument for the rights of animals (29) test
• Uma Valeti Is cultivated meat the future of food? (29) test
• Bob Langert The business case for working with your toughest critics (26) test
• Isha Datar How we could eat real meat without harming animals (26) test

Leah Georges: How generational stereotypes hold us back at work - test

• Jason Fried Why work doesn't happen at work (44) test
• Anjali Sud and Stephanie Mehta How great leaders take on uncertainty (43) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (43) test
• Paul Hudson and Lindsay Levin Leadership in the age of AI (43) test
• Debbie Lovich 3 tips for leaders to get the future of work right (42) test

Leah Lagos and Jaspal Ricky Singh: How playing sports benefits your body... and your brain - test

• Gonzalo Vilariño How Argentina's blind soccer team became champions (24) test
• Valorie Kondos Field Why winning doesn't always equal success (23) test
• Wendy Suzuki The brain-changing benefits of exercise (22) test
• WorkLife with Adam Grant The problem with all-stars (22) test
• Catherine Price 3 elements of true fun -- and how to have more of it (21) test

Leana Wen: What your doctor won’t disclose - test

• Dave deBronkart Meet e-Patient Dave (44) test
• Mitchell Katz What the US health care system assumes about you (37) test
• Gail Reed Where to train the world's doctors? Cuba. (37) test
• Laurel Braitman The mental health benefits of storytelling for health care workers (36) test
• Kristie Overstreet What doctors should know about gender identity (36) test

Lear deBessonet with Brian Stokes Mitchell: What's possible when the arts belong to everybody - test

• Helen Marriage Public art that turns cities into playgrounds of the imagination (31) test
• Karen DeSalvo How tech companies can help combat the pandemic and reshape public health (30) test
• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (29) test
• Shari Davis What if you could help decide how the government spends public funds? (29) test
• Oskar Eustis Why theater is essential to democracy (29) test

Lee Cronin: Making matter come alive - test

• Betül Kaçar We could kick-start life on another planet. Should we? (49) test
• Christoph Adami Finding life we can't imagine (49) test
• Juan Enriquez The age of genetic wonder (44) test
• Tara Djokic This ancient rock is changing our theory on the origin of life (43) test
• Floyd E. Romesberg The radical possibilities of man-made DNA (42) test

Lee Cronin: Print your own medicine - test

• Jakob Magolan A crash course in organic chemistry (27) test
• Jay Bradner Open-source cancer research (27) test
• Danit Peleg Forget shopping. Soon you'll download your new clothes (22) test
• Bonnie Bassler How bacteria "talk" (21) test
• Cathy Mulzer The incredible chemistry powering your smartphone (20) test

Lee Hotz: Inside an Antarctic time machine - test

• Kristin Poinar What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet? (43) test
• Dustin Schroeder How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet (40) test
• Rob Dunbar Discovering ancient climates in oceans and ice (38) test
• James Balog Time-lapse proof of extreme ice loss (38) test
• Paul Nicklen Animal tales from icy wonderlands (37) test

Lee Mokobe: A powerful poem about what it feels like to be transgender - test

• iO Tillett Wright Fifty shades of gay (25) test
• Nicole Maines The trans story includes you (24) test
• Eve Ensler Suddenly, my body (22) test
• Colin Powell Kids need structure (22) test
• Angélique Kidjo and Femi Oke Why joy is a state of mind (21) test

Lee Smolin: Science and democracy - test

• Katie Mack Life-altering questions about the end of the universe (44) test
• Sean Carroll Distant time and the hint of a multiverse (37) test
• Stephen Hawking Questioning the universe (36) test
• Andrew Zimmerman Jones Does time exist? (35) test
• Harry Cliff Have we reached the end of physics? (33) test

Lee Thomas: How I help people understand vitiligo - test

• Scott Dinsmore How to find work you love (37) test
• Ricardo Semler How to run a company with (almost) no rules (36) test
• Lizzie Velásquez How do you define yourself? (35) test
• Deeyah Khan What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids (35) test
• Gus Worland Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do (34) test

LeeAnn Renninger: The secret to giving great feedback - test

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Lisa Margonelli: The political chemistry of oil - test

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Liz Hajek: What rivers can tell us about the earth's history - test

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Liza Donnelly: Drawing on humor for change - test

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Lizzo: The Black history of twerking -- and how it taught me self-love - test

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Lloyd Pendleton: The Housing First approach to homelessness - test

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Lonneke Gordijn: Nature, art and magical blocks of flying concrete - test

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Lord Nicholas Stern: The state of the climate — and what we might do about it - test

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Lorenzo García-Amaya: Why do we, like, hesitate when we, um, speak? - test

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Loretta J. Ross: Don't call people out -- call them in - test

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Loretta Napoleoni: The intricate economics of terrorism - test

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Lori Gottlieb: How changing your story can change your life - test

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Lorin Swint Matthews: The dust bunnies that built our planet - test

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Lorna Davis: A guide to collaborative leadership - test

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Lorrie Faith Cranor: What’s wrong with your pa$$w0rd? - test

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Lou Serico: The genius of Mendeleev's periodic table - test

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Louie Schwartzberg: Hidden miracles of the natural world - test

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Louie Schwartzberg: Nature. Beauty. Gratitude. - test

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Louie Schwartzberg: The hidden beauty of pollination - test

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Louise Fresco: We need to feed the whole world - test

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Louise Leakey: A dig for humanity's origins - test

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Louise Mabulo: A climate solution? The wisdom passed down through generations - test

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Louise Thwaites: Why is it so dangerous to step on a rusty nail? - test

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Luca Turin: The science of scent - test

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Lucas C. Majure: Nature's fortress How cacti keep water in and predators out - test

• Anupam Mishra The ancient ingenuity of water harvesting (49) test
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Lucas Husted: Game theory challenge Can you predict human behavior? - test

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Lucas Husted: How to outsmart the Prisoner's Dilemma - test

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Lucas Joppa: How to fix the "bugs" in the net-zero code - test

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Lucas Rizzotto: Why I built my own time machine - test

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Lucia Carminati: How the Suez Canal changed the world - test

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Lucianne Walkowicz: Finding planets around other stars - test

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Lucianne Walkowicz: Let's not use Mars as a backup planet - test

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Lucianne Walkowicz: Light waves, visible and invisible - test

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Lucianne Walkowicz: Look up for a change - test

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Lucie Pinson: How to stop banks from investing in fossil fuels - test

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Lucien Engelen: Crowdsource your health - test

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Lucy Clayton: The true power of a good outfit - test

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Lucy Cooke: Are pandas the most misunderstood animal? - test

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Lucy Cooke: No one can figure out how eels have sex - test

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Lucy Farey-Jones: A fascinating time capsule of human feelings toward AI - test

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Lucy Hone: 3 secrets of resilient people - test

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