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VS Ramachandran: 3 clues to understanding your brain
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Joshua W. Pate
The fascinating science of phantom limbs
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Greg Gage
How to control someone else's arm with your brain
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Christopher deCharms
A look inside the brain in real time
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Vilayanur Ramachandran
The neurons that shaped civilization
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Miguel Nicolelis
A monkey that controls a robot with its thoughts. No, really.
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Vaitea Cowan: How green hydrogen could end the fossil fuel era
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Olivia Breese
The molecular love story that could help power the world
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Jim Hagemann Snabe
Dreams and details for a decarbonized future
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Bill Gates
The innovations we need to avoid a climate disaster
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Morten Bo Christiansen
The first-ever cargo ship powered by green fuel
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Maria Gallucci
The carbonless fuel that could change how we ship goods
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Valarie Kaur: 3 lessons of revolutionary love in a time of rage
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Helen Fisher
The brain in love
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Keiichiro Hirano
Love others to love yourself
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Mandy Len Catron
A better way to talk about love
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Cynthia Ong
Redefining how we love
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Mandy Len Catron
Falling in love is the easy part
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Valentin Hammoudi: How tall can a tree grow?
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Camille Defrenne and Suzanne Simard
The secret language of trees
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Ersin Han Ersin
What's it like to be a giant sequoia tree?
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Stefan Al
What happens if you cut down all of a city's trees?
(28)
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George Zaidan
The bug that poops candy
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Richard Preston
The mysterious lives of giant trees
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Valerie Montgomery Rice: How to break through fear and become a leader
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Yifat Susskind
In uncertain times, think like a mother
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Leah Chase and Pat Mitchell
An interview with the Queen of Creole Cuisine
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Khalida Brohi
How I work to protect women from honor killings
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Kakenya Ntaiya
A girl who demanded school
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Sakena Yacoobi
How I stopped the Taliban from shutting down my school
(27)
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Valerie Purdie-Greenaway: The anxiety that comes from being treated like an outsider
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Lisa Damour
3 steps of anxiety overload -- and how you can take back control
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Wendy Suzuki
How to calm your anxiety, from a neuroscientist
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Olivia Remes
How to cope with anxiety
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Jen Gunter
What's normal anxiety -- and what's an anxiety disorder?
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Fallon Goodman
Why you feel anxious socializing (and what to do about it)
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Valorie Kondos Field: Why winning doesn't always equal success
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WorkLife with Adam Grant
The problem with all-stars
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John Wooden
The difference between winning and succeeding
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Gonzalo Vilariño
How Argentina's blind soccer team became champions
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Shane Wickes
Why I came out as a gay football coach
(27)
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Philip Rosedale
Life in Second Life
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Valérie Courtois: How Indigenous guardians protect the planet and humanity
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Lindsey Schneider
Whose land are you on? What to know about the Indigenous Land Back movement
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Nonette Royo
Why Indigenous forest guardianship is crucial to climate action
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Jupta Itoewaki
An Indigenous perspective on humanity's survival on Earth
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Jing Corpuz
5 values for repairing the harms of colonialism
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Anneliese Mehnert
One of history's most dangerous myths
(31)
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Van Jones: The economic injustice of plastic
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Scott Dinsmore
How to find work you love
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The TED Interview
David Brooks on political healing
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Seth Godin
The tribes we lead
(50)
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Paul Hudson and Lindsay Levin
Leadership in the age of AI
(50)
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Linus Torvalds
The mind behind Linux
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Van Jones: What if a US presidential candidate refuses to concede after an election?
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Christina Greer
Does your vote count? The Electoral College explained
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Tiana Epps-Johnson
An election redesign to restore trust in US democracy
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David Bismark
E-voting without fraud
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Simon Anholt
Who would the rest of the world vote for in your country's election?
(32)
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Ian Bremmer
Can America come together after the Trump assassination attempt?
(32)
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Vance Kite: Urbanization and the evolution of cities across 10,000 years
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Robert Muggah
The biggest risks facing cities -- and some solutions
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Marvin Rees
How is your city tackling the climate crisis?
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Robert Muggah
How to protect fast-growing cities from failing
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Kent Larson
Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city
(46)
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Carolyn Steel
How food shapes our cities
(45)
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Vandana Singh: A sci-fi story of Earth's renewal
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Eve Ensler
Embrace your inner girl
(24)
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Newton Aduaka
The story of Ezra
(19)
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Kyra Gaunt
How the jump rope got its rhythm
(19)
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Leymah Gbowee
Unlock the intelligence, passion, greatness of girls
(18)
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iO Tillett Wright
Fifty shades of gay
(18)
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Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson: The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future
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John Marshall
3 strategies for effectively talking about climate change
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Nkosilathi Nyathi
A next-generation solution to the climate crisis
(54)
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Christiana Figueres and Chris Anderson
How we can turn the tide on climate
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Luisa Neubauer
Why you should be a climate activist
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David Lammy and Justin J. Pearson
How to be a leader for climate justice
(52)
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Vanessa Ruiz: The spellbinding art of human anatomy
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Ramon Glazov
Ancient Rome's most notorious doctor
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David Casarett
A doctor's case for medical marijuana
(25)
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Jordana Moore Saggese
The chaotic brilliance of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat
(25)
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Alice Dreger
Is anatomy destiny?
(25)
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Laolu Senbanjo
"The Sacred Art of the Ori"
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Varun Sivaram: How India could pull off the world's most ambitious energy transition
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Rose M. Mutiso
How to bring affordable, sustainable electricity to Africa
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Ramez Naam
A faster way to get to a clean energy future
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Jordan Wirfs-Brock
The four things you need to know about the energy you use
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TED Countdown
How do we get the world off fossil fuels quickly and fairly?
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Chris Roe
Amazon's commitment to run on 100-percent renewable energy
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Veerle Provoost: Do kids think of sperm donors as family?
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Elizabeth Zion
The need for family reunification -- to make families whole again
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Bruce Feiler
Agile programming -- for your family
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Yuko Munakata
The science behind how parents affect child development
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Helen Pearson
Lessons from the longest study on human development
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Diana Adams
Why US laws must expand beyond the nuclear family
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Venus Keus: Three ways the universe could end
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Sajan Saini
What is the universe expanding into?
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Sean Carroll
Distant time and the hint of a multiverse
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Katie Mack
Life-altering questions about the end of the universe
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Tom Whyntie
The beginning of the universe for beginners
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Renée Hlozek
The death of the universe
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Vera Songwe: The African swamp protecting Earth's environment
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TED Countdown
Is there a role for carbon credits in the transition to a fair, net-zero future?
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Ralph Chami
What a living whale is worth -- and why the economy should protect nature
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Jean-François Bastin
What if there were 1 trillion more trees?
(35)
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Kristen Bell + Giant Ant
Where does all the carbon we release go?
(34)
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Stacy Kauk
The billion-dollar pollution solution humanity needs right now
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Vernā Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them
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Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi
An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter
(55)
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Stew
"Black Men Ski"
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Charles M. Blow
The case for a new Great Migration in the US
(54)
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Larry Irvin
A program to empower Black teachers in the US
(52)
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Jennifer L. Eberhardt
How racial bias works -- and how to disrupt it
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Veronica Barassi: What tech companies know about your kids
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Giorgia Lupi
How we can find ourselves in data
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Tim Berners-Lee
The next web
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Jennifer Zhu Scott
Why you should get paid for your data
(51)
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Madhumita Murgia
How data brokers sell your identity
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Massimo Russo
3 ways your company's data can jump-start climate action
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Veronica Chau: 3 ways your money can fight climate change
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Nili Gilbert and David Blood
A playbook for financing climate solutions
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António Guterres
The race to a zero-emission world starts now
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Alok Sharma
Why COP26 is our best chance for a greener future
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Michael Metcalfe
A provocative way to finance the fight against climate change
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Gabriel Kra
5 promising factors propelling climate action
(33)
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Veronica Kalas: The underground cities of the Byzantine Empire
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Robert Muggah
The biggest risks facing cities -- and some solutions
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Vishaan Chakrabarti
How we can design timeless cities for our collective future
(17)
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David Wengrow
A new understanding of human history and the roots of inequality
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Vance Kite
Urbanization and the evolution of cities across 10,000 years
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Fahad Al-Attiya
A country with no water
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Viann Nguyen-Feng: 4 signs of emotional abuse
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Julie Cordua
How we can eliminate child sexual abuse material from the internet
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Matt Walker
How sleep affects your emotions
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Katie Hood
The difference between healthy and unhealthy love
(21)
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Jane Walsh
The rise of predatory scams -- and how to prevent them
(20)
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Austin Eubanks
What surviving the Columbine shooting taught me about pain
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Vicki Arroyo: Let's prepare for our new climate
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Al Roker
An extreme weather report from America's weatherman
(37)
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Mary Robinson
Why climate change is a threat to human rights
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Angel Hsu
Cities are driving climate change. Here's how they can fix it
(35)
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Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson
The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future
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Colette Pichon Battle
Climate change will displace millions. Here's how we prepare
(34)
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Victor Ochen: The intersection of war and climate change
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Sophia Kianni
Language shouldn't be a barrier to climate action
(48)
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Britt Wray
How climate change affects your mental health
(47)
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Vanessa Nakate and Mary Robinson
The global opportunity to accelerate Africa's sustainable future
(46)
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Christiana Figueres and Chris Anderson
How we can turn the tide on climate
(43)
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Colette Pichon Battle
Climate change will displace millions. Here's how we prepare
(43)
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Victor Rios: Help for kids the education system ignores
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Henrietta Fore
How we can help young people build a better future
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Mohan Sivaloganathan
The breakthrough power of young leaders
(56)
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Deeyah Khan
What we don't know about Europe's Muslim kids
(52)
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Scott Dinsmore
How to find work you love
(49)
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Alice Goffman
How we're priming some kids for college — and others for prison
(49)
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Victor Vescovo: What's at the bottom of the ocean -- and how we're getting there
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David Gallo
Deep ocean mysteries and wonders
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Susan Ruffo
The ocean's ingenious climate solutions
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Scott Gass
How big is the ocean?
(34)
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Triona McGrath
How pollution is changing the ocean's chemistry
(33)
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Sylvia Earle
My wish Protect our oceans
(32)
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Victoria Gill: What a nun can teach a scientist about ecology
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Jane Goodall
Every day you live, you impact the planet
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Fields Wicker-Miurin
Learning from leadership's missing manual
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Scott Dinsmore
How to find work you love
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Michael Specter
The danger of science denial
(30)
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Gordon Brown
Global ethic vs. national interest
(29)
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Victoria Hwang: What is the rarest color in nature?
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Lucianne Walkowicz
Light waves, visible and invisible
(54)
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Colm Kelleher
How we see color
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Colm Kelleher
What is color?
(51)
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Lieven Scheire
How quantum mechanics explains global warming
(49)
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Colm Kelleher
Is light a particle or a wave?
(41)
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Victoria Pratt: How judges can show respect
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Adam Foss
A prosecutor's vision for a better justice system
(38)
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Barry Schwartz
Using our practical wisdom
(37)
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Eve Abrams
The human stories behind mass incarceration
(36)
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Raj Jayadev
Community-powered criminal justice reform
(36)
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Kim Gorgens
The surprising connection between brain injuries and crime
(35)
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Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate
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Vijay Kumar
The future of flying robots
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Rodney Brooks
Robots will invade our lives
(62)
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Dennis Hong
7 new species of robot that jump, dance — and walk on water
(62)
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Catie Cuan
Next up for AI? Dancing robots
(59)
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Kate Darling
Why we have an emotional connection to robots
(58)
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Vijay Kumar: The future of flying robots
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Vijay Kumar
Robots that fly ... and cooperate
(67)
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Catie Cuan
Next up for AI? Dancing robots
(56)
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Rodney Brooks
Robots will invade our lives
(54)
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Kate Darling
Why we have an emotional connection to robots
(53)
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Dennis Hong
7 new species of robot that jump, dance — and walk on water
(52)
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Vik Muniz: Art with wire, sugar, chocolate and string
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Marian Bantjes
Intricate beauty by design
(34)
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Sergey Brin + Larry Page
The genesis of Google
(34)
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Stephen Wilkes
The passing of time, caught in a single photo
(34)
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Brittney Cooper
The racial politics of time
(34)
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Laura Vanderkam
How to gain control of your free time
(33)
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Vikram Patel: Mental health for all by involving all
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Sangu Delle
There's no shame in taking care of your mental health
(61)
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Tom Osborn
A new way to help young people with their mental health
(59)
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Hailey Hardcastle
Why students should have mental health days
(59)
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Leslie Herod
What if mental health workers responded to emergency calls?
(51)
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Rebecca Onie
What Americans agree on when it comes to health
(47)
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Vikram Sharma: How quantum physics can make encryption stronger
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Craig Costello
In the war for information, will quantum computers defeat cryptographers?
(50)
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Hartmut Neven
Quantum computers aren't what you think — they're cooler
(41)
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Shohini Ghose
A beginner's guide to quantum computing
(38)
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Jim Al-Khalili
How quantum biology might explain life's biggest questions
(35)
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Matt Langione
The promise of quantum computers
(34)
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Vikramāditya Prakāsh: Is Chandigarh a perfectly planned city?
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Amanda Burden
How public spaces make cities work
(26)
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Carlos Moreno
The 15-minute city
(26)
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Rahul Mehrotra
The architectural wonder of impermanent cities
(25)
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Vishaan Chakrabarti
How we can design timeless cities for our collective future
(25)
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Liu Thai Ker
The architectural mastermind behind modern Singapore
(25)
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Vilayanur Ramachandran: The neurons that shaped civilization
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Suzana Herculano-Houzel
What is so special about the human brain?
(51)
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Henry Markram
A brain in a supercomputer
(44)
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Sergiu P. Pasca
How we're reverse engineering the human brain in the lab
(41)
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Sam Rodriques
What we'll learn about the brain in the next century
(39)
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Greg Gage
How to control someone else's arm with your brain
(37)
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Vinay Shandal: How conscious investors can turn up the heat and make companies change
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Chris McKnett
The investment logic for sustainability
(38)
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Miguel Goncalves
How millennials and Gen Z can invest in a better future
(38)
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Veronica Chau
3 ways your money can fight climate change
(29)
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Audrey Choi
How to make a profit while making a difference
(27)
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Warren Valdmanis
What makes a job "good" -- and the case for investing in people
(26)
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Vinay Venkatraman: Technology crafts for the digitally underserved
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Eric Dishman
Health care should be a team sport
(40)
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Raj Panjabi
Community health heroes
(36)
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Georges C. Benjamin
The secret weapon against pandemics
(36)
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Ben Gran
Why nurses are key to medical innovation
(35)
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Matthias Müllenbeck
What if we paid doctors to keep people healthy?
(35)
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Vincent Cochetel: I was held hostage for 317 days. Here's what I thought about…
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Gus Worland
Is someone you love suffering in silence? Here's what to do
(33)
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Janine di Giovanni
What I saw in the war
(32)
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Aid versus trade
(31)
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Pico Iyer
The art of stillness
(31)
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Yvonne van Amerongen
The "dementia village" that's redefining elder care
(31)
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Vincent Moon and Naná Vasconcelos: Hidden music rituals around the world
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Jehane Noujaim
My wish A global day of film
(39)
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Amanda Palmer
The art of asking
(35)
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Michael Tilson Thomas
Music and emotion through time
(34)
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Ricardo Semler
How to run a company with (almost) no rules
(34)
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Jeff Skoll
My journey into movies that matter
(33)
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Vincent Yeow Lim: The nostalgia behind your favorite Chinese food
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Jennifer 8. Lee
The hunt for General Tso
(49)
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Marcus Samuelsson
A master chef's take on food, culture and community
(41)
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Aparna Pallavi
What foods did your ancestors love?
(36)
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Huang Hung
How American and Chinese values shaped the coronavirus response
(34)
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Jon Kung and Uma Valeti
What’s the future of food? A chef and a cardiologist answer
(32)
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Vinod Khosla: 12 predictions for the future of technology
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Achim Steiner
Humanity's planet-shaping powers -- and what they mean for the future
(31)
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Dan Gilbert
The psychology of your future self
(30)
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Ray Kurzweil
The last 6 decades of AI — and what comes next
(30)
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David Biello
How long will human impacts last?
(29)
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Joanne Chory
How supercharged plants could slow climate change
(28)
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Vinu Daniel: The beauty of building with mud and trash
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Anna Heringer
The warmth and wisdom of mud buildings
(38)
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Emily Pilloton-Lam
What if women built the world they want to see?
(27)
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Michael Green
The natural building blocks of sustainable architecture
(27)
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Débora Mesa Molina
Stunning buildings made from raw, imperfect materials
(26)
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Michael Green
Why we should build wooden skyscrapers
(25)
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Virginia Postrel: On glamour
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Kate Messner
How to build a fictional world
(20)
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Daniel Lismore
My life as a work of art
(19)
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Keith Lowe
Why we need to stop obsessing over World War II
(19)
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Cleo Wade
Want to change the world? Start by being brave enough to care
(19)
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Jennifer D. Sciubba
The truth about human population decline
(18)
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Virginia Smith: How we could better predict and stop floods
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Kotchakorn Voraakhom
How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods
(28)
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Vicki Arroyo
Let's prepare for our new climate
(28)
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Stefan Al
Why isn't the Netherlands underwater?
(27)
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Robert Muggah
The biggest risks facing cities -- and some solutions
(25)
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Sonaar Luthra
We need to track the world's water like we track the weather
(25)
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Vishaan Chakrabarti: A vision of sustainable housing for all of humanity
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Alex Steffen
The shareable future of cities
(36)
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Michael Green
Why we should build wooden skyscrapers
(35)
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Bill Gates
Innovating to zero!
(35)
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Peter Calthorpe
7 principles for building better cities
(35)
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Kent Larson
Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city
(35)
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Vishaan Chakrabarti: How we can design timeless cities for our collective future
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Robert Muggah
The biggest risks facing cities -- and some solutions
(47)
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Marvin Rees
How is your city tackling the climate crisis?
(42)
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Kent Larson
Brilliant designs to fit more people in every city
(41)
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Michael Green
Why we should build wooden skyscrapers
(41)
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Vance Kite
Urbanization and the evolution of cities across 10,000 years
(40)
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Vittorio Loreto: Need a new idea? Start at the edge of what is known
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Phnam Bagley
Gourmet food for the final frontier
(35)
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Hilde Stenuit
How new drugs could come from space
(32)
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Olafur Eliasson
Playing with space and light
(31)
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Moriba Jah
The world's first crowdsourced space traffic monitoring system
(30)
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Antony Gormley
Sculpted space, within and without
(30)
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Vivek Maru: How to put the power of law in people's hands
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Philip K. Howard
Four ways to fix a broken legal system
(44)
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David Lammy and Justin J. Pearson
How to be a leader for climate justice
(41)
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Nick Turner and Whitney Pennington Rodgers
How to fix two of the most broken systems in the US
(39)
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Scott Dinsmore
How to find work you love
(39)
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Oleksandra Matviichuk
The ordinary people doing extraordinary things in Ukraine
(39)
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Vivian Jiang: How did ancient civilizations make ice cream?
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Kristin Poinar
What's hidden under the Greenland ice sheet?
(41)
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Lee Hotz
Inside an Antarctic time machine
(35)
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Dustin Schroeder
How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet
(33)
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Paul Nicklen
Animal tales from icy wonderlands
(32)
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Kate Stafford
How human noise affects ocean habitats
(30)
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Vivian Jiang: Mao Zedong's infamous mango cult
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Leslie T. Chang
The voices of China's workers
(22)
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Yang Lan
The generation that's remaking China
(15)
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Daniel Finkel
Can you solve the time travel riddle?
(15)
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Michael Anti
Behind the Great Firewall of China
(15)
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Graham Allison
Is war between China and the US inevitable?
(14)
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Vusi Mahlasela: "Thula Mama"
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Hrishikesh Hirway
What you discover when you really listen
(43)
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Damien Riehl
Why all melodies should be free for musicians to use
(40)
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Kesha
The alchemy of pop
(37)
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Keiichiro Hirano
Love others to love yourself
(35)
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Luke Sital-Singh
"Afterneath" / "Killing Me"
(34)
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Víctor Demaría Pesce: Cómo un doctor de astronautas capacita al cuerpo para el espacio
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Phnam Bagley
Gourmet food for the final frontier
(51)
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Hilde Stenuit
How new drugs could come from space
(48)
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Cady Coleman
What it's like to live on the International Space Station
(43)
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Danielle Wood
6 space technologies we can use to improve life on Earth
(41)
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Antony Gormley
Sculpted space, within and without
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